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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 was the yearly salary for Truman's job as presiding judge?
(a) $50,000
(b) $6000
(c) $10,000
(d) $100,000

2. What interest did Harry and his father share?
(a) Watching tv
(b) Politics
(c) Woodworking
(d) Fishing and hunting

3. Why does Harry Truman leave his job in Kansas City?
(a) He was fired
(b) To marry Bess
(c) To help the family with the farm.
(d) To join the Army

4. Which country chose not to participate in the Marshall Plan and thereby caused several more countries in that bloc to pull out?
(a) China
(b) Japan
(c) Germany
(d) Soviet Union

5. How old was Truman when his second term as president began?
(a) 29
(b) 50
(c) 64
(d) 73

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Roosevelt say were the Four Freedoms?

2. What was a Dixiecrat?

3. How were Truman's ancestors related to the bushwhackers?

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

5. Who was in charge of the Soviet Union when Truman became President?

(see the answer key)

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