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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. How many people did the bomb actually kill in Hiroshima?
(a) None
(b) 200,000
(c) Two million
(d) 2000
2. What major country turned Communist during Truman's second Presidency?
(a) Japan
(b) India
(c) South Africa
(d) China
3. Who did Truman choose to replace Marshall as his Secretary of State?
(a) Dean Acheson
(b) Charlie Ross
(c) George Marshall's son
(d) Dean Rusk
4. How many months had Truman been President before both Germany and Japan surrendered?
(a) Six
(b) One
(c) Three
(d) Four
5. Why doesn't the military deploy more divisions in North Korea?
(a) The Allies won't allow it
(b) Truman does not think it is necessary
(c) MacArthur refuses to allow it
(d) Without depleting the European military presence, there are no more divisions.
6. Where does the only meeting in history of Truman and MacArthur take place?
(a) New Mexico
(b) Washington DC
(c) Wake Island
(d) Potsdam
7. What was a whistle-stop?
(a) A method used to veto a bill
(b) The term used to call for a taxi while standing on the sidewalk
(c) Term used to describe Truman's style of campaigning by stopping his Presidential train in every small town along the way so he could meet the American people.
(d) A street corner
8. When the U.S. and South Korean Army pushes the North Korean/Chinese back to the 38th parallel, what decision is made about the next step?
(a) To proceed into North Korea.
(b) To hold the line there
(c) To proceed into China
(d) To evacuate all troops from Korea
9. What is one Presidential first that is mentioned in this chapter?
(a) First president to ride in an automobile
(b) First presidential address to be printed in the newspaper
(c) First presidential address to be broadcast on TV
(d) First Jewish president
10. What was the Turnip Congress?
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(a) A special committee that turned up important information
(b) A session of congress where dissidents threw turnips at the congressmen
(c) A session of congress where only bills concerning turnips were discussed
(d) The special congressional session called by Truman during the time of Missouri's Turnip Day
11. Which country was able to assemble an atomic bomb after the USA?
(a) Soviet Union
(b) France
(c) Israel
(d) China
12. What happened to the President's normal work when he was on the campaign trail?
(a) Bess took care of it
(b) It continued as before from Truman's desk on the train
(c) The vice president handled everything
(d) His staff collected all the papers and held them until he arrived home
13. Who of Truman's long time friends was most instrumental in advising him regarding the Palestine problem?
(a) Eddie Jacobson
(b) Charlie Ross
(c) George Marshall
(d) Jim Pendergast
14. What career is Margaret Truman pursuing?
(a) Computer Science
(b) Singing
(c) Acting
(d) Lab Technician
15. Who was the leader of the Progressive Party who was in competition with the Democrats and Republicans in the 1948 election?
(a) Andrew Jackson
(b) Margaret Truman
(c) Henry Wallace
(d) Charlie Ross
Short Answer Questions
1. How old was Truman when he passed away?
2. How did the three world leaders enter the conference room in Potsdam?
3. Which of Truman's family members accompanied him on the campaign trail?
4. How old was Truman when his second term as president began?
5. What is Adlai Stevenson's position when he runs for President?
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