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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 did Truman choose to accompany him to meet the train bearing Roosevelt's body?
(a) Bess and Margaret Truman
(b) No one. He stood alone.
(c) Eleanor and Teddy Roosevelt
(d) Jimmy Byrnes and Henry Wallace

2. Where did the Truman family live until the Roosevelt family departed the White House?
(a) Key West, FL
(b) Blair House, Washington DC
(c) New York, New York
(d) Independence, MO

3. What questionable organization was Truman encouraged to join by his party?
(a) Local country club
(b) NAACP
(c) Republicans
(d) Ku Klux Klan

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. What are two traits Truman especially disliked about his fellow politicians?
(a) Dishonesty and smoking
(b) Womanizing and corruption
(c) Loud talking and smoking
(d) Drinking and playing cards

Short Answer Questions

1. Who resigns from Truman's cabinet before Potsdam?

2. Who was in charge of the Soviet Union when Truman became President?

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

4. What party did Truman belong to?

5. What was the yearly salary for Truman's job as presiding judge?

(see the answer key)

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