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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 type of company does Harry Truman fail in after the mine?
(a) Computers
(b) Oil & Refining
(c) Shoe Sales
(d) Grocery

2. Why is Chapter 2 entitled "Model Boy?"
(a) Harry S. Truman's mother was a world famous model
(b) Harry S. Truman was a child actor
(c) Harry S. Truman liked to build airplane models
(d) Harry S. Truman was an excellent student, great friend, faithful son, never in trouble, industrious and kind.

3. What was a Dixiecrat?
(a) A politician who endorsed the NAACP
(b) Members of the southern Democratic party who withdrew from the Truman's Democratic Party because of his stand on Civil Rights.
(c) A type of paper cup
(d) A politician who whistles Dixie

4. Harry Truman always carried a favorite poem in his wallet. What was that poem and the author?
(a) "Locksley Hall" by Tennyson
(b) "The Road Not Taken" by Robert Frost
(c) "Election Year" by Donald Revell
(d) "Blessing the Boats" by Lucille Clifton

5. How was Truman's personal life used against him in the 1940 election?
(a) His family farm was sold at auction while he was at the Democratic Convention.
(b) His gambling addiction was exposed
(c) His wife divorced him and took the child
(d) His womanizing became known by the public

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the real name of the Truman Committee?

2. What interest did Harry and his father share?

3. Who did Truman choose to replace Marshall as his Secretary of State?

4. What part of Truman's past most concerned the Democratic Party for the campaign?

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

(see the answer key)

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