AMSCO AP US History Chapter 27 questions with answers

AMSCO AP US History Chapter 27elections of 1952, 1956 - correct answers In these two presidential elections Dwight Eisenhower and Richard Nixon defeated Adlai Stevenson quite easily. (p. 580-581) Dwight Eisenhower - correct answers The United States general who supervised the invasion of Normandy and the defeat of Nazi Germany. In the election of 1952 he became the the 34th President of the United States. (p. 579) Adlai Stevenson - correct answers An Illinois governor and the Democratic presidential nominee in 1952 and 1956. He lost both elections to Dwight Eisenhower and Richard Nixon. (p. 580) Richard Nixon - correct answers He was vice president under Dwight Eisenhower. In 19868, he would become the 37th President of the United States, but in 1974 he resigned in disgrace after the Watergate scandal. (p. 580) modern Republicanism - correct answers President Eisenhower's term for his balanced and moderate approach to governing. Claiming he was liberal toward people but conservative about spending money. He helped balance the federal budget and lowered taxes without destroying existing social programs. (p. 580) Dept. of Health, Education and Welfare (HEW) - correct answers In 1953, President Eisenhower consolidated welfare programs under this new department, run by Oveta Culp Hobby, the first woman in a Republican cabinet. (p. 580) soil-bank program - correct answers President Eisenhower created this program as a way to reduce farm production, thereby increasing farm income. (p. 580) Highway Act; interstate highway system - correct answers The most permanent legacy of the Eisenhower administration was this act passed in 1956. It created 42,000 miles of highway linking every major city in the nation. (p. 580)