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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 4 Chapter 12.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. The Truman Committee saved the U.S. taxpayers a great deal of money. What is the estimated amount mentioned in the book?
(a) $3 million
(b) $1 million
(c) $15 billion
(d) $10,000

4. Why was it so important to create an Atomic Energy Commission?
(a) To provide civilian, not military, control of this new awesome power
(b) To make Truman look good
(c) To prevent spies from access to the secrets
(d) To have a method of channeling funding to the project

5. What was General Order Number 11?
(a) Union Army decree that all persons in Missouri who could not prove their loyalty to the Union would have to leave Missouri.
(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) Government decree that people in Missour could not vote

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How many men and boys were killed in Quantrille's raid on Lawrence, Kansas?

3. What questionable organization was Truman encouraged to join by his party?

4. Truman's foreign office is warning him about the after war dangers of which country?

5. How did Truman's personal staff feel about him?

(see the answer key)

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