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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2 Chapter 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was one of the unique things about the Truman Committee?
(a) The Senate does not usually operate by committee
(b) All of the members were white men
(c) None of the members were Senators
(d) The committee was unanimous on every report.

2. What was the most common method of travel for settlers in the 1800s to take to Independence?
(a) Interstate Highway
(b) Canoe
(c) Steamboat
(d) Railway

3. How did Bess Wallace's father die?
(a) He was in a car accident
(b) His plane crashed
(c) He had terminal cancer
(d) He committed suicide by shooting himself

4. Where was Harry S Truman born?
(a) Santa Fe, NM
(b) Washington D.C.
(c) Lamar, MO
(d) Independence, MO

5. When did the Democratic party decide to place Truman as Vice President on their ticket?
(a) Three years in advance
(b) At the Democratic National Convention in 1944.
(c) When Roosevelt became ill
(d) When Roosevelt died

Short Answer Questions

1. What essential materials were in short supply as America prepared for war?

2. What are the names of Harry's brother and sister?

3. What was the Armistice?

4. Why does the Truman family move to Kansas City? .

5. The Truman Committee saved the U.S. taxpayers a great deal of money. What is the estimated amount mentioned in the book?

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