____ was born in Denison, Texas, on October 14, 1890. During his school days, young ____ was usually called Ike by his friends and that name stuck with him for the rest of his life. ____ graduated from the Military Academy at West Point in 1915. Soon after the United States entered World War I, ____ was promoted to captain. Promoted to lieutenant colonel in 1936, he learned to fly and trained Filipino pilots. World War II brought ____ promotions to colonel and brigadier general in 1941 and to major general and lieutenant general in 1942. Late in 1945, ____ returned to Washington, D.C., to succeed General Marshall as Army Chief of Staff. On Nov. 4, 1952, ____ was elected the thirty-fourth president of the Unites States by a landslide.
This president carried three coins with him for good luck: a silver dollar, a five-guinea gold piece, and a French franc.
This man was the first president to appear on color television.
During this president's term, Disneyland, the world's first theme park, opened in California.
During this president's term, the U.S. Supreme Court, in Brown v. Board of Education, ruled that segregated schools were unconstitutional.
This president once said "I want to go; God take me."
Who is this president?
Franklin D. Roosevelt Harry Truman William Clinton Dwight D. Eisenhower Lyndon B. Johnson John F. Kennedy
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