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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Truman sends Harry Hopkins to talk to Stalin, he says "use diplomatic language or what?"
(a) Offers of wine
(b) Offers of women
(c) A baseball bat
(d) Large amounts of cash

2. What was a dollar-a-year man?
(a) A man whose only income was one dollar
(b) A man who stole one dollar per day from the government
(c) A businessman who kept his original salary from his company and worked for the government for a token small salary, all for the war effort.
(d) A man whose only worth was one dollar

3. Who was in charge of the Soviet Union when Truman became President?
(a) Josef Stalin
(b) Hitler
(c) Gorbachev
(d) Kruschev

4. What two political positions did Truman want before he was allowed to run for Senate?
(a) Governor of Missouri and Congressman from Missouri
(b) Mayor of Lamar and Mayor of Independence
(c) Mayor of Independence and Governor of Illinois
(d) Governor of MIssouri and Mayor fo Independence

5. What pet name did Truman have for Bess?
(a) The Boss or Madam
(b) Sweetie Pie
(c) The Old Bat
(d) Her Highness

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

7. Which of Truman's commanders was the most unreasonable and was disliked the most by Truman?
(a) Jacobson
(b) Klemm
(c) Pershing
(d) Marshall

8. On what charge was Tom Pendergast arrested, convicted and jailed?
(a) Murder and rape
(b) Tax evasion
(c) Polygamy
(d) Embezzlement

9. Who was President of the USA during World War I?
(a) Franklin Roosevelt
(b) Harry S Truman
(c) John F. Kennedy
(d) Woodrow Wilson

10. What part of Truman's past most concerned the Democratic Party for the campaign?
(a) The fact Bess Truman's father committed suicide
(b) His connection with Boss Pendergast
(c) His connection with the Freemasons
(d) His past farming duties

11. What was Roosevelt's continuing admonition to his departments regarding defense production in 1941?
(a) "Speed, speed, speed."
(b) "Take your time"
(c) "Accuracy, accuracy, accuracy"
(d) "Wait until the budget is passed"

12. What questionable organization was Truman encouraged to join by his party?
(a) Republicans
(b) Local country club
(c) NAACP
(d) Ku Klux Klan

13. What event propelled the United States into WWII?
(a) Sinking of the Titanic
(b) Bombing of World Trade Center
(c) Japanese attack on the fleet at Parl Harbor in Hawaii
(d) Killing of Arch Duke Ferdinand

14. How many days was Truman Vice President?
(a) None
(b) 82
(c) 3
(d) 155

15. Although Harry writes many letters to Bess, he cannot master one art of good correspondence. What is it?
(a) Good spelling
(b) Good grammar
(c) Good penmanship
(d) Finding the correct pen

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Harry give as a reason to join the military and go to war?

3. Who was the most influential new friend Truman gained during his first term as Senator?

4. What political party did Harry, his father, and most of the adults in Independence belong to?

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

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