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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1 Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What type of mine does Harry Truman invest in during 1915 and 1916?
(a) Zinc
(b) Copper
(c) Silver
(d) Gold

2. When Harry was nine, his family moved to Independence. He met a girl at Sunday School and fell in love that lasted his whole life. Who was this girl?
(a) Margaret Truman
(b) Mary Jane Truman
(c) Eleanor Roosevelt
(d) Bess Wallace

3. What does the Truman farm produce?
(a) Wheat
(b) Bermuda grass
(c) Corn
(d) Soybeans

4. What was General Order Number 11?
(a) Union Army decree that all Missouri farmers commit 50% of their crop to the army
(b) Government decree that people in Missour could not vote
(c) Government decree that all women should wear hats
(d) Union Army decree that all persons in Missouri who could not prove their loyalty to the Union would have to leave Missouri.

5. What afflictions did Harry have in childhood?
(a) Speech impediment and runny nose
(b) Nearsightedness and diphtheria
(c) Allergies
(d) Diarrhea and farsightedness

Short Answer Questions

1. What epidemics decimated the families in Independence during the years of 1851-1854?

2. What was Independence Missouri's nickname in the 1840s?

3. What type of company does Harry Truman fail in after the mine?

4. Who in Truman's family passes away in November of 1914?

5. In 1841, what was considered the extreme frontier of the USA?

(see the answer key)

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