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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 4 Chapter 12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Harry Truman's first paid job?
(a) Bicycle courier for a bank in Kansas City
(b) Newspaper route
(c) Cleaning and painting houses in his neighborhood
(d) Sweeping, dusting and cleaning at Clinton's Drugstore in Independence

2. In later years, how does Harry describe his childhood?
(a) The happiest imaginable
(b) filled with poverty and need
(c) He could not remember his chidlhood
(d) One misery after another

3. Who did Truman choose to accompany him to meet the train bearing Roosevelt's body?
(a) No one. He stood alone.
(b) Bess and Margaret Truman
(c) Jimmy Byrnes and Henry Wallace
(d) Eleanor and Teddy Roosevelt

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

5. How long was Truman & Jacobson in business?
(a) Three years
(b) Twent-five Years
(c) One year
(d) Ten years

Short Answer Questions

1. How many members did the Truman Committee have?

2. What was one voting faction in this election that had never been involved in presidential elections before?

3. Who was President of the USA during World War I?

4. What is the name of the ship Harry Truman and his battalion are on for the Atlantic crossing?

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

(see the answer key)

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