Eisenhower Foreign Policy Dates

Question 1

When does Stalin die?

Answer 1

March 1953

Question 2

When does Eisenhower announce Korean armistice?

Answer 2

July 1953

Question 3

When was Dien Bien Phu?

Answer 3

May 1954

Question 4

When do the US refuse to sign Geneva Agreements?

Answer 4

July 1954

Question 5

When is SEATO signed?

Answer 5

September 1954

Question 6

When was the Geneva Conference>

Answer 6

July 1955

Question 7

When does Eisenhower approve U-2 flights over the Soviet Union?

Answer 7

May 1956

Question 8

When does Egyptian President Nasser nationalise the Suez Canal?

Answer 8

July 1956

Question 9

When is the Hungarian Revolution?

Answer 9

October-November 1956

Question 10

When do Israel, Britain and France attack Egypt (US condemns)?

Answer 10

October 1956

Question 11

When is the Eisenhower Doctrine approved?

Answer 11

March 1957

Question 12

When does the Soviet Union launch Sputnik?

Answer 12

October 1957

Question 13

When do US marines enter into Lebanon?

Answer 13

July-October 1958

Question 14

When does Castro overthrow Batista in Cuba?

Answer 14

January 1959

Question 15

When is Camp David?

Answer 15

September 1959

Question 16

When is the CIA trained to invade Cuba?

Answer 16

March 1960

Question 17

When do the Soviets shoot down U-2 planes?

Answer 17

May 1960

Question 18

When does the (unsuccessful) Paris Summit end?

Answer 18

May 1960

Question 19

Why was Eisenhower expected to cope well with foreign relations?

Answer 19

because he was the Supreme Allied Commander during the war

Question 20

What was Kaputnik?

Answer 20

A failed attempt to launch a US rocket satellite in 1958.

Question 21

How many nuclear weapons did the USA have by 1957 compared to the USSR?

Answer 21

5543 compared to 650

Question 22

How many Hungarians were killed in the revolution whilst fighting?

Answer 22

3000

Question 23

When was the Formosa Resolution signed?

Answer 23

1955

Question 24

When was CENTO formed?

Answer 24

1955