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

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

4. What did Truman refer to as "Potomac Fever?" .
(a) The tendency of some political appointees to consider themselves more important than they were
(b) The urge to visit the Potomac River rather than working
(c) The heightened color of skin when people arrived in DC
(d) A strain of flu duirng the war

5. Who does Truman appoint as his Secretary of State?
(a) Teddy Roosevelt
(b) Robert E. Lee
(c) Jimmy Byrnes
(d) Henry Wallace

Short Answer Questions

1. How long was Truman & Jacobson in business?

2. In the extended family of the Truman household, who disciplined Margaret?

3. Who did Truman choose to accompany him to meet the train bearing Roosevelt's body?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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