← Back to the article

Reading level

Small Whale · Reading worksheet

1952 United States presidential election

High school (ages 12+)
People & Society

Name:

Date:

Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/1952-united-states-presidential-election

Step 2 · Questions

1. What is the election date?
2. What is the presidential winner?

Step 3 · Words to know

Write what each word means, using the article.

Supreme Commander of the Allied Expeditionary Force
McCarthyism
New Deal
Political Realignment

Step 4 · Two facts in your own words

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

1.

2.

Answer key (teacher copy)

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. What is the election date?November 4, 1952
2. What is the presidential winner?Dwight D. Eisenhower (Republican)

Supreme Commander of the Allied Expeditionary Force: The top military leader of the Allied armies during World War II in Europe.
McCarthyism: The practice of making accusations of disloyalty or subversion without proper regard for evidence, associated with Senator Joseph McCarthy.
New Deal: A series of programs and reforms enacted by President Franklin D. Roosevelt to combat the Great Depression.
Political Realignment: A significant and lasting shift in the patterns of voting and party affiliation among the electorate.