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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2 Chapter 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What pivotal event occurred on December 7, 1941?
(a) President Roosevelt died
(b) Margaret Truman was born
(c) Germany surrendered
(d) Japan bombed the USA Fleet at Pearl Harbor

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

3. What essential materials were in short supply as America prepared for war?
(a) steel, latex, and plutonium
(b) Aluminum, copper, zinc and rubber
(c) computers, cell phones and i-pods
(d) lead, coal, limestone and rock

4. What event propelled the United States into WWII?
(a) Killing of Arch Duke Ferdinand
(b) Sinking of the Titanic
(c) Bombing of World Trade Center
(d) Japanese attack on the fleet at Parl Harbor in Hawaii

5. What is cost-plus construction?
(a) The method of paying contractors for work done
(b) Avoiding taxes on construction workers
(c) Contractor is paid for all costs plus a fixed percentage profit
(d) Construction that costs more than originally estimated.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Harry Truman leave his job in Kansas City?

2. What did Truman think was a damaging move by Roosevelt?

3. What did Roosevelt say were the Four Freedoms?

4. Who was the man in charge of the American Expeditionary Forces in France in WWI?

5. The Truman Committee saved the U.S. taxpayers a great deal of money. What is the estimated amount mentioned in the book?

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