Truman Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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Truman Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What US President did Truman see while he was working in Kansas City?
(a) Abraham Lilncoln
(b) Herbert Hoover
(c) Theodore Roosevelt
(d) Bill Clinton

3. Harry Truman's ancestors were predominantly of what heritage?
(a) Welsh-German
(b) English-Norwegian
(c) Japanese-Korean
(d) Scotch-Irish

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

5. What was a dollar-a-year man?
(a) A man whose only income was one dollar
(b) A man whose only worth was one dollar
(c) A man who stole one dollar per day from the government
(d) 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.

6. In the eyes of the Truman Committee, what governmental department was the most to blame for bad planning?
(a) Navy Department
(b) Office of Production Management
(c) Department of Agriculture
(d) Defense Department

7. When Roosevelt announces in 1944 that he will run for the fourth term as President, how many terms were Presidents allowed to serve?
(a) Four
(b) There was no constitutional limit to the number of times a President could serve
(c) Ten
(d) Two

8. What was the Canol Project?
(a) A plan to end hunger in America using cooking oil
(b) A plan for a large dam on the Canol River
(c) The atom bomb
(d) A scheme to build a four inch pipeline from Canada to Alaska

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

10. According to his letters to Bess, what part of Truman's command duties did he dislike the most?
(a) Writing reports to command
(b) Wearing the uniform
(c) Meting out discipline to his troops.
(d) Meeting with the other captains

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

12. Why does the Truman family move to Kansas City? .
(a) John Truman left the family to join the war
(b) The Truman family were asked to leave town
(c) John Truman has lost the family business and property due to bad investments in wheat futures
(d) Harry Truman forced them to move for his political ambition

13. In November of 1930, something happened to Margaret Truman. What was it?
(a) Someone attempted to kidnap her.
(b) Someone stole her purse
(c) She had a baby
(d) She met her future husband

14. President Roosevelt made a radio speech to America at the beginning of Germany's attack on England, and the speech was subsequently referred to as what?
(a) The Speech of Omission
(b) The Arsenal for Money Speech
(c) The Arsenal for Democracy Speech
(d) The Fear Speech

15. Harry Truman travels to see Bess in Grandview. How many miles one way is the trip?
(a) Sixteen Miles
(b) One Mile
(c) Fifty Miles
(d) Three hundred Miles

Short Answer Questions

1. Which state turned the tide towards Truman at the convention?

2. How many men and boys were killed in Quantrille's raid on Lawrence, Kansas?

3. What does Bess suggest when Harry announces his decision to join the military?

4. What type of mine does Harry Truman invest in during 1915 and 1916?

5. What is the name of the new organization of countries formed to keep the peace after the world war ends?

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