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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. What party did Truman belong to?
(a) Republican
(b) Whig
(c) Democratic
(d) Green Party

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

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

4. Truman's foreign office is warning him about the after war dangers of which country?
(a) Japan
(b) Mexico
(c) Soviet Union
(d) Argentina

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How long was Truman & Jacobson in business?

2. Who does Truman appoint as his Secretary of State?

3. What ship did Truman take to the Potsdam conference?

4. Which country becomes a focal point of disagreement between USA and the Soviets?

5. What is the number one recommendation from the S-1 Interim Committee to Truman?

(see the answer key)

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