The Dwight D. Eisenhower Presidency

Guess these facts about Dwight D. Eisenhower and his presidency.

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Nickname	Ike
He was raised and is buried in this state	Kansas
His wife's first name	Mamie
Codename for the invasion of Nazi-occupied France, which Eisenhower oversaw as supreme commander	Operation Overlord
Highest military rank he attained	Five-star general
Democratic opponent in the presidential elections of 1952 and 1956	Adlai Stevenson
Vice President	Richard Nixon
The position of assistant to the president adopted this military-style name	Chief of Staff
This presidential retreat was named after Eisenhower's grandson	Camp David
Conflict that ended with an armistice in 1953	Korean War
In this country, prime minister Mossadegh was overthrown with the help of US intelligence	Iran
Landmark supreme court decision concerning the desegregation of public schools	Brown vs. Board of Education
Conflict, primarily between Israel and Egypt, that was ended thanks to US and Soviet pressure	Suez Crisis
The Soviet Union won the first stage in the "space race" when it launched this artificial sattelite	Sputnik
Space agency founded in 1958	NASA
Construction of this road network began under Eisenhower	Interstate Highway System
States that joined the union	Alaska
States that joined the union	Hawaii
According to this theory, once one country becomes communist, others will "fall", too	Domino Theory
Eisenhower warned against this in his farewell speech	Military-industrial complex

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