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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 was the Turnip Congress? .
(a) The special congressional session called by Truman during the time of Missouri's Turnip Day
(b) A special committee that turned up important information
(c) A session of congress where only bills concerning turnips were discussed
(d) A session of congress where dissidents threw turnips at the congressmen

2. What event propelled the United States into WWII?
(a) Bombing of World Trade Center
(b) Sinking of the Titanic
(c) Japanese attack on the fleet at Parl Harbor in Hawaii
(d) Killing of Arch Duke Ferdinand

3. Who was employed to work for Harry Truman, in his office, for a $2500 annual salary?
(a) Bess Truman
(b) Eleanor Roosevelt
(c) His mother
(d) John Truman

4. Who was in charge of the Soviet Union when Truman became President?
(a) Kruschev
(b) Josef Stalin
(c) Gorbachev
(d) Hitler

5. When the U.S. and South Korean Army pushes the North Korean/Chinese back to the 38th parallel, what decision is made about the next step?
(a) To proceed into China
(b) To hold the line there
(c) To evacuate all troops from Korea
(d) To proceed into North Korea.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who were Harry Truman's parents?

2. How did Truman's men move their equipment around France?

3. What country's military is in possession of Potsdam at the time of the conference?

4. Why is Truman referred to as the "Senator from Pendergast" instead of the "Senator from Missouri"?

5. Who did Roosevelt want as his Vice President?

(see the answer key)

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