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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 5 Chapter 15.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who were "The Big Three" of the Potsdam conference?
(a) Truman, DeGaulle and Patton
(b) Roosevelt, Churchill and Stalin
(c) Truman, Churchill and Stalin
(d) Gorbachev, Bush and Truman

2. What organization with secret rituals did Harry Truman join in 1909?
(a) Freemasonry or the Masons
(b) Rainbow Girls
(c) Boy Scouts
(d) Ku Klux Klan

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

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

5. Who was employed to work for Harry Truman, in his office, for a $2500 annual salary?
(a) John Truman
(b) Eleanor Roosevelt
(c) His mother
(d) Bess Truman

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In the first six months of 1942 military contracts added what amount to the U.S. economy?

3. What type of mine does Harry Truman invest in during 1915 and 1916?

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

5. What famous landmark did Churchill visit when in Berlin?

(see the answer key)

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