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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 5 Chapter 15.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was in charge of the Soviet Union when Truman became President?
(a) Hitler
(b) Kruschev
(c) Josef Stalin
(d) Gorbachev

2. Who was the man in charge of the American Expeditionary Forces in France in WWI?
(a) General DeGaulle
(b) General Eisenhower
(c) General Patton
(d) General Pershing

3. 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) Henry Wallace
(d) Charlie Ross

4. What essential materials were in short supply as America prepared for war?
(a) computers, cell phones and i-pods
(b) Aluminum, copper, zinc and rubber
(c) steel, latex, and plutonium
(d) lead, coal, limestone and rock

5. On what charge was Tom Pendergast arrested, convicted and jailed?
(a) Embezzlement
(b) Tax evasion
(c) Polygamy
(d) Murder and rape

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What kind of automobile does Harry Truman first purchase?

3. What new inventions did Truman never learn to use or like?

4. Who was the leader of the Dixiecrats?

5. According to his letters to Bess, what part of Truman's command duties did he dislike the most?

(see the answer key)

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