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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 5 Chapter 17.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Harry give as a reason to join the military and go to war?
(a) I need to get out of twon
(b) Someone has to do it.
(c) I need a job
(d) It is either this or jail time

3. How old was Harry Truman when he arrived in Washington D.C. to assume his duties as a Senator?
(a) 50
(b) 60
(c) 23
(d) 45

4. What was the original funding for the Truman Committee?
(a) $4,000
(b) $1 million
(c) $100,000
(d) $10,000

5. What was the Canol Project?
(a) A scheme to build a four inch pipeline from Canada to Alaska
(b) A plan to end hunger in America using cooking oil
(c) The atom bomb
(d) A plan for a large dam on the Canol River

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the number one recommendation from the S-1 Interim Committee to Truman?

2. What longtime cabinet member resigns due to a disagreement with Truman?

3. How many people did Oppenheimer estimate the bomb would kill?

4. Whose photographs does Harry carry in his uniform pocket during the entire war?

5. How many days was Truman Vice President?

(see the answer key)

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