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

2. At the end of the war, how many service men and women were coming back to the American work force?
(a) 1 million
(b) None - they all re-enlisted
(c) 10 million
(d) 12 million

3. What was a dollar-a-year man?
(a) A man who stole one dollar per day from the government
(b) A businessman who kept his original salary from his company and worked for the government for a token small salary, all for the war effort.
(c) A man whose only worth was one dollar
(d) A man whose only income was one dollar

4. What US President did Truman see while he was working in Kansas City?
(a) Abraham Lilncoln
(b) Theodore Roosevelt
(c) Bill Clinton
(d) Herbert Hoover

5. What weapon is Truman encouraged to authorize to end the Korean Conflict?
(a) Atom bomb
(b) Biological warfare
(c) H-Bomb
(d) Heavy tanks

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the new organization of countries formed to keep the peace after the world war ends?

2. What was an overriding concern for Truman in his early years as a Senator in Washington?

3. What family member does Truman lose in July of 1947?

4. What did Harry's mother say to him each time he left the house?

5. What essential materials were in short supply as America prepared for war?

(see the answer key)

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