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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. What was Truman's attitude towards running for Vice President?
(a) He did not have an opinion
(b) He was eager to run
(c) He was afraid of running
(d) He did not want to

2. What political party did Harry, his father, and most of the adults in Independence belong to?
(a) Green Party
(b) Whigs
(c) Democrats
(d) Republicans

3. When dividing up Germany, what geographical descriptions did the Potsdam Conference use?
(a) Hitler's plan for domination
(b) The conquered lands of Germany
(c) The Germany of 1937
(d) Magellan's original docments

4. What does Bess suggest when Harry announces his decision to join the military?
(a) That he take warm clothes with him
(b) That he find another girlfriend
(c) That she join as well and go with him
(d) That they get married immediately

5. What was the Armistice?
(a) The treaty signed between the Germans and the Allies agreeing to end the war
(b) The name given to the plantation where Truman retired
(c) The name of the transport ship taking Truman home after WWI
(d) The name Truman gave his old car

Short Answer Questions

1. What was one voting faction in this election that had never been involved in presidential elections before?

2. How many people did Oppenheimer estimate the bomb would kill?

3. When Harry was nine, his family moved to Independence. He met a girl at Sunday School and fell in love that lasted his whole life. Who was this girl?

4. What was the beginning of the end for Tom Pendergast? .

5. Who was the Vice President of the United States under Roosevelt in 1943?

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