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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 Harry give as a reason to join the military and go to war?
(a) I need a job
(b) I need to get out of twon
(c) It is either this or jail time
(d) Someone has to do it.

2. What ship did Truman take to the Potsdam conference?
(a) The USS United States
(b) The Augusta
(c) The George Washington
(d) The Titanic

3. What was the most common method of travel for settlers in the 1800s to take to Independence?
(a) Canoe
(b) Steamboat
(c) Railway
(d) Interstate Highway

4. Where was the American's atom bomb tested?
(a) California
(b) New Mexico
(c) Washington DC
(d) Bikini Atoll

5. What was General Order Number 11?
(a) Government decree that people in Missour could not vote
(b) Union Army decree that all Missouri farmers commit 50% of their crop to the army
(c) Government decree that all women should wear hats
(d) Union Army decree that all persons in Missouri who could not prove their loyalty to the Union would have to leave Missouri.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long was Truman & Jacobson in business?

2. How many members did the Truman Committee have?

3. How many people did the bomb actually kill in Hiroshima?

4. What was Roosevelt's continuing admonition to his departments regarding defense production in 1941?

5. Where did most of the sayings, such as "a good name is rather to be chosen than great riches", that were part of Truman's upbringing, originate?

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