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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 4 Chapter 14.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long was Truman & Jacobson in business?
(a) Twent-five Years
(b) Three years
(c) Ten years
(d) One year

2. What was Barkley's "prop-stop" campaign?
(a) Barkley's habit of propping himself against a bar to deliver speeches
(b) It refers to the time in his campaign when his plane's propellor fell off
(c) The propellor pin he wore on his suit lapel during the campaign
(d) A trip the VP candidate took by airplane that was similar to the railway tour the President was making.

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) Henry Wallace
(c) Andrew Jackson
(d) Charlie Ross

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

5. In the extended family of the Truman household, who disciplined Margaret?
(a) Truman's mother
(b) Bess's Mother
(c) Bess
(d) Harry

Short Answer Questions

1. When Truman sends Harry Hopkins to talk to Stalin, he says "use diplomatic language or what?"

2. Where did the Truman family live until the Roosevelt family departed the White House?

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

4. What was the name of President Truman's custom built railway car?

5. Which of Truman's family members accompanied him on the campaign trail?

(see the answer key)

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