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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 Truman's attitude towards running for Vice President?
(a) He was afraid of running
(b) He did not have an opinion
(c) He did not want to
(d) He was eager to run

2. Who of Truman's long time friends was most instrumental in advising him regarding the Palestine problem?
(a) Jim Pendergast
(b) George Marshall
(c) Eddie Jacobson
(d) Charlie Ross

3. How many people did the bomb actually kill in Hiroshima?
(a) 2000
(b) 200,000
(c) None
(d) Two million

4. What party did Truman belong to?
(a) Democratic
(b) Green Party
(c) Republican
(d) Whig

5. Who was the most influential new friend Truman gained during his first term as Senator?
(a) Andrew Jackson's son
(b) Robert E. Lee's widow
(c) Ex-President Abraham LIncoln
(d) Justice Louis D. Brandeis

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Barkley's "prop-stop" campaign?

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

3. How did Bess Wallace's father die?

4. What happened to the President's normal work when he was on the campaign trail?

5. At the end of the war, how many service men and women were coming back to the American work force?

(see the answer key)

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