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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. What does the Truman farm produce?
(a) Bermuda grass
(b) Soybeans
(c) Corn
(d) Wheat

2. From what other state did most of the people settling Missouri migrate?
(a) Vermont
(b) Kentucky
(c) Texas
(d) New Mexico

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

4. How did Bess Wallace's father die?
(a) He had terminal cancer
(b) He was in a car accident
(c) His plane crashed
(d) He committed suicide by shooting himself

5. Where did the Truman family live until the Roosevelt family departed the White House?
(a) New York, New York
(b) Blair House, Washington DC
(c) Independence, MO
(d) Key West, FL

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What was the Canol Project?

3. Which state turned the tide towards Truman at the convention?

4. What element of Truman's style changed during the time of the Truman Committee?

5. Who was the leader of the Progressive Party who was in competition with the Democrats and Republicans in the 1948 election?

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