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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why was it so important to create an Atomic Energy Commission?
(a) To provide civilian, not military, control of this new awesome power
(b) To prevent spies from access to the secrets
(c) To have a method of channeling funding to the project
(d) To make Truman look good

2. What famous landmark did Churchill visit when in Berlin?
(a) Arc de Triumph
(b) Hitler's Bunker
(c) St Paul's Cathedral
(d) Berlin HIlton

3. Who does Truman develop a long correspondence with after his retirement?
(a) Andrew Jackson
(b) His mother
(c) Dwight Eisenhower
(d) Dean Acheson

4. Which country chose not to participate in the Marshall Plan and thereby caused several more countries in that bloc to pull out?
(a) Japan
(b) Soviet Union
(c) China
(d) Germany

5. What career is Margaret Truman pursuing?
(a) Computer Science
(b) Acting
(c) Lab Technician
(d) Singing

6. What happened to the President's normal work when he was on the campaign trail?
(a) His staff collected all the papers and held them until he arrived home
(b) Bess took care of it
(c) It continued as before from Truman's desk on the train
(d) The vice president handled everything

7. Who was Truman's Vice President before Barkley?
(a) Jim Pendergast
(b) Henry Wallace
(c) No one
(d) Jimmy Byrnes

8. What new civilian agency is set up under Truman's presidency?
(a) Committee to Re-Elect the President
(b) Air Force
(c) Central Intelligence Agency
(d) Federal Bureau of Investigation

9. Where does the only meeting in history of Truman and MacArthur take place?
(a) Washington DC
(b) Potsdam
(c) Wake Island
(d) New Mexico

10. What condition of the White House was hidden from the Press until after the election?
(a) Fine condition, no need of repair
(b) The portico had fallen on the presidential limo
(c) The second floor was falling into the first floor.
(d) The elevator was no longer working

11. How old was Truman when he passed away?
(a) 35
(b) 55
(c) 103
(d) 88

12. What geographical designation separated South Korea from North Korea?
(a) The Alps
(b) The 41st parallel
(c) The Yang River
(d) 38th Parallel

13. Whose appointment to Truman's cabinet made a positive and calming effect?
(a) Charlie Ross
(b) Henry Wallace
(c) George Marshall
(d) Jimmy Brynes

14. What is Adlai Stevenson's position when he runs for President?
(a) Secretary of War
(b) Governor of Illinois
(c) Private Citizen
(d) Senator from New Mexico

15. Who was the leader of the Progressive Party who was in competition with the Democrats and Republicans in the 1948 election?
(a) Margaret Truman
(b) Andrew Jackson
(c) Charlie Ross
(d) Henry Wallace

Short Answer Questions

1. What weapon is Truman encouraged to authorize to end the Korean Conflict?

2. What country's military is in possession of Potsdam at the time of the conference?

3. How did Truman's personal staff feel about him?

4. What happens to Margaret after her father finishes her Presidential terms?

5. 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?

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