anaheim-gazette 1956-11-01
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What's your score on Money and Taxes?
1 The cost of living rose 50% during the Truman Administration. Under the Eisenhower Administration it has risen about...
A. 57%
B. 17%
C. 7%
D. 2½%
4 The Eisenhower administration saved a part that taxpayers amo
A. One-tenth
B. Two-thirds
2 The number of taxpayers who received a cut in their income taxes under the Eisenhower Administration is ...
A. 2 million
B. 78 million
C. 50 million
D. 25 million
5 The Eisenhower balanced the need to the nation
A. $2 billion
B. $100 million
What's your score on Peace and People?
What's your score on Peace and People?
11 America's Atoms for Peace program, developed by President Eisenhower, has already been accepted by other Nations to the number of...
A. 11 B. 19 C. 27 D. 39
14 To serve the w Cabinet Depa cation and W President ...
A. Hoover B. Roosevelt
12 Our military power, both for National defense and as a deterrent to aggressors reached its greatest peace-time strength under President ...
A. Eisenhower B. Truman C. Roosevelt D. Hoover
15 Under the Eis hower more homes b any comparab le than ever A. Own homes B. Rent homes
Answers:
MONEY AND TAXES
1.D 2.B 3.C 4.B 5.A
FARMERS AND LABOR
6.D 7.A 8.B 9.B 10.D
PEACE AND P
11.D 12.A 13.B
SMALL BUSINESS
16.A 17.D 18.B
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ck the one you think is right. Then compare your answers with the answers below
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are yourself 5 points for each correct answer. How did you score? How will you vote?
3 Truman's spending plans were reduced,
in the first year of the Eisenhower Administration, by ...
A. $50 million □ C. $10 billion □
B. $10 million □ D. $2 billion □
4 The Eisenhower 1954 tax cut has meant
a saving of at least $7.4 billion a year—
the part that is a saving to individual
taxpayers amounts to ...
A. One-tenth □ C. One-fifth □
B. Two-thirds □ D. One-half □
5 The Eisenhower Administration has
balanced the national budget, and paid
to the national debt almost ...
A. $2 billion □ C. $50 billion □
B. $100 million □ D. $50 million □
13 The Eisenhower Administration ended
the Korean war and has taken a major
part in maintaining peace, stopping
Communist aggression throughout the
world; two of the countries were ...
A. Norway & Sweden □ B. Iran &
Guatemala □
What's your score on
Farmers
and Labor?
6 Under the Eisenhower Administration
more people have jobs than ever before
in our history, the number employed today is...
A. 55 million □ C. 75 million □
B. 36 million □ D. 66 million □
7 Under the Eisenhower Administration,
record quantities of farm surpluses have
been used up, and this year, without
the aid of wartime demand, farm prices
and income have...
A. Gone up □ B. Gone down □
What's your score on
Small
Business, Etc.?
13 The Eisenhower Administration ended the Korean war and has taken a major part in maintaining peace, stopping Communist aggression throughout the world; two of the countries were...
A. Norway & Sweden B. Iran & Guatemala
14 To serve the welfare of the people, the Cabinet Department of Health, Education and Welfare was established by President ...
A. Hoover C. Truman B. Roosevelt D. Eisenhower
15 Under the Eisenhower Administration, more homes have been built than in any comparable period, and more people than ever ...
A. Own homes C. Live in tents B. Rent homes D. Board out
What's your score on Small Business, Etc?
16 Each year some small businesses start, some close. In 1955 there was a greater increase of new small businesses than in any of Truman's last...
A. 4 years C. 3 years B. 2 years D. 12 months
17 The first peacetime Agency to help small business, the Small Business Administration, was established under the administration of President ...
A. Hoover C. Truman B. Roosevelt D. Eisenhower
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8 Compared to Democratic years, working people's wages, and what they can buy with their wages, are both ...
A. The same □ C. Lower □
B. Greater □ D. One-half □
9 The Eisenhower Administration has increased and extended Social Security benefits to many additional people. The figure is ...
A. 1 million □ C. 23 million □
B. 10 million □ D. 4 million □
10 The protection of unemployment compensation has, under President Eisenhower, been extended to how many additional people?
A. 1 million □ C. 23 million □
B. 10 million □ D. 4 million □
18 Since 1953, direct government contracts awarded to small business under the Eisenhower Administration have amounted to ...
A. $3 billion □ C. $9 billion □
B. $12 billion □ D. $6 billion □
18 Since 1953, direct government contracts awarded to small business under the Eisenhower Administration have amounted to ...
A. $3 billion □ C. $9 billion □
B. $12 billion □ D. $6 billion □
19 The Eisenhower administration sponsored a $27-billion national highway program consisting of 41,000 miles of highway. Construction on this ...
A. Starts 1960 □ C. Has started □
B. Starts 1970 □ D. Is finished □
20 For two years President Eisenhower has asked the Congress for Federal aid for school construction. The Democratic Congress ...
A. Passed it □ C. Rejected it
Passed part of it □ Rejected his bill & theirs
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