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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Of all the labor strikes after the war, which is the one that brings Truman to the strongest action?
(a) The Actors Guild Strike
(b) The Postal Strike
(c) The Steel Strike
(d) The Railroad Strike

2. What major country turned Communist during Truman's second Presidency?
(a) China
(b) Japan
(c) South Africa
(d) India

3. Who was the leader of the Dixiecrats?
(a) Strom Thurmond
(b) Jefferson Davis
(c) Henry Wallace
(d) Adlai Stevenson

4. Which country was able to assemble an atomic bomb after the USA?
(a) Israel
(b) Soviet Union
(c) France
(d) China

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

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

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

8. What was a Dixiecrat?
(a) A politician who endorsed the NAACP
(b) A politician who whistles Dixie
(c) A type of paper cup
(d) Members of the southern Democratic party who withdrew from the Truman's Democratic Party because of his stand on Civil Rights.

9. Why doesn't the military deploy more divisions in North Korea?
(a) Without depleting the European military presence, there are no more divisions.
(b) Truman does not think it is necessary
(c) MacArthur refuses to allow it
(d) The Allies won't allow it

10. What was a whistle-stop?
(a) A method used to veto a bill
(b) 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.
(c) The term used to call for a taxi while standing on the sidewalk
(d) A street corner

11. What longtime cabinet member resigns due to a disagreement with Truman?
(a) Andrew Jackson
(b) Harold Ickes
(c) Robert E. Lee
(d) Henry Wallace

12. Where was the American's atom bomb tested?
(a) Bikini Atoll
(b) California
(c) New Mexico
(d) Washington DC

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

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

15. What weapon is Truman encouraged to authorize to end the Korean Conflict?
(a) H-Bomb
(b) Heavy tanks
(c) Biological warfare
(d) Atom bomb

Short Answer Questions

1. What two projects occupied Truman for the remainder of his life?

2. Why was it so important to create an Atomic Energy Commission?

3. Who in the government has the final say regarding military matters?

4. How much monthly income did Truman have after leaving the office of president?

5. What new civilian agency is set up under Truman's presidency?

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