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

2. What was the yearly salary for Truman's job as presiding judge?
(a) $100,000
(b) $50,000
(c) $6000
(d) $10,000

3. What new inventions did Truman never learn to use or like?
(a) Telephone and typewriter
(b) Telegraph and electric bulb
(c) Computer and cell phone
(d) Toilet and bathtub

4. In later years, how does Harry describe his childhood?
(a) The happiest imaginable
(b) He could not remember his chidlhood
(c) One misery after another
(d) filled with poverty and need

5. What were the nicknames for the divisions in the Missouri Democratic Party?
(a) Hares and Turtles
(b) Goats and Rabbits
(c) Rats and Pigs
(d) Donkeys and Elephants

Short Answer Questions

1. When Harry was nine, his family moved to Independence. He met a girl at Sunday School and fell in love that lasted his whole life. Who was this girl?

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

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

4. What organization with secret rituals did Harry Truman join in 1909?

5. In November of 1930, something happened to Margaret Truman. What was it?

(see the answer key)

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