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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) Eleanor and Teddy Roosevelt
(b) No one. He stood alone.
(c) Jimmy Byrnes and Henry Wallace
(d) Bess and Margaret Truman

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Truman's foreign office is warning him about the after war dangers of which country?

2. Who were Truman's lifelong heroes?

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

4. What are two traits Truman especially disliked about his fellow politicians?

5. What is the name of the new organization of countries formed to keep the peace after the world war ends?

(see the answer key)

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