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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What industry does Truman attempt to turn over to government control in April of 1952?
(a) Automobile
(b) Steel mills
(c) Computer
(d) Ship Building

2. What country's military is in possession of Potsdam at the time of the conference?
(a) Mexico
(b) Soviet Union
(c) Germany
(d) Canada

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

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

5. Why did Truman write an angry letter to the newspaper?
(a) A reporter was stalking Margaret
(b) A reporter had published a comment he thought was off record
(c) His Sunday paper did not arrive on time
(d) A columnist had given Margaret's concert a bad review

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

7. 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) The vice president handled everything
(c) It continued as before from Truman's desk on the train
(d) Bess took care of it

8. How much monthly income did Truman have after leaving the office of president?
(a) $112.56 per month
(b) $200
(c) $50,000
(d) $10,000 per month

9. What family member does Truman lose in July of 1947?
(a) His daughter
(b) His mother
(c) His father
(d) His wife

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

11. Who did Truman choose to replace Marshall as his Secretary of State?
(a) George Marshall's son
(b) Dean Acheson
(c) Dean Rusk
(d) Charlie Ross

12. During Churchill's speech in Missouri, as a guest of Truman, what term does Churchill use to describe the Soviet Union presence that became a common term?
(a) Axis of Evil
(b) Iron Curtain
(c) Berlin Wall
(d) OPEC

13. Who do Truman's supporters and staff encourage him to fire as a result of Fulbright's Senate committee report?
(a) George Patton
(b) George Marshall
(c) General MacArthur
(d) Bill Boyle, Democratic National Chairman

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who were "The Big Three" of the Potsdam conference?

2. How many months had Truman been President before both Germany and Japan surrendered?

3. What is one Presidential first that is mentioned in this chapter?

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

5. What was Barkley's "prop-stop" campaign?

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