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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3 Chapter 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. On what charge was Tom Pendergast arrested, convicted and jailed?
(a) Tax evasion
(b) Murder and rape
(c) Polygamy
(d) Embezzlement

2. How many people did the bomb actually kill in Hiroshima?
(a) 200,000
(b) Two million
(c) 2000
(d) None

3. How much weight did Harry Truman lose in the years in France?
(a) None
(b) 2 lbs
(c) 50 lbs
(d) 20 lbs

4. What was Truman's primary goal of the Potsdam Conference?
(a) To tell the other countries about the atom bomb
(b) To see Europe for free
(c) To get Stalin to commit to entering the war against Japan
(d) To find an excuse to use the atom bomb

5. How many months had Truman been President before both Germany and Japan surrendered?
(a) Four
(b) One
(c) Three
(d) Six

Short Answer Questions

1. What was an overriding concern for Truman in his early years as a Senator in Washington?

2. Whose photographs does Harry carry in his uniform pocket during the entire war?

3. Where was the American's atom bomb tested?

4. What did Truman think was a damaging move by Roosevelt?

5. When did the Democratic party decide to place Truman as Vice President on their ticket?

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