Civics question 107 of 128

Dwight Eisenhower is famous for many things. Name one.

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Background

Any one of these answers: general during World War II, president at the end of the Korean War, thirty-fourth president, and signed the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956, creating the Interstate System. As Supreme Commander of Allied forces in Europe, Eisenhower planned and ordered the Normandy landings of June 1944, the largest amphibious operation ever attempted. He reached the presidency in 1953 having never held elected office, ended the fighting in Korea within months, and kept military spending in check while warning in his farewell address about the influence of what he called the military-industrial complex. The interstate system was the largest public works project in American history, and he backed it partly for moving troops and equipment quickly.

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Where this question sits

It is part of Recent American History and Other Important Historical Information, inside the American History section of the test.

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