Truman Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

David McCullough
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 130 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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Truman Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

David McCullough
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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who won WWI?
(a) Germany
(b) Allies
(c) Soviet Union
(d) Japan

2. What was General Order Number 11?
(a) Government decree that all women should wear hats
(b) Government decree that people in Missour could not vote
(c) Union Army decree that all persons in Missouri who could not prove their loyalty to the Union would have to leave Missouri.
(d) Union Army decree that all Missouri farmers commit 50% of their crop to the army

3. How did Bess Wallace's father die?
(a) He had terminal cancer
(b) He committed suicide by shooting himself
(c) He was in a car accident
(d) His plane crashed

4. What did Truman do when he was suspicious about the defense industry overspending?
(a) He decided to do nothing and wait to see what happened
(b) He wrote a stern letter to the newspaper calling for action
(c) Launched his own investigation and drove over 10,000 miles across the country researching defense sites.
(d) He started his own company to reap some of these benefits

5. What was the name of Roosevelt's beloved dog?
(a) Socks
(b) Lassie
(c) Rin Tin Tin
(d) Fala

6. How many men and boys were killed in Quantrille's raid on Lawrence, Kansas?
(a) 300
(b) 150
(c) None
(d) 10

7. How many days was Truman Vice President?
(a) None
(b) 3
(c) 155
(d) 82

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

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

10. In the first six months of 1942 military contracts added what amount to the U.S. economy?
(a) $100,000
(b) $2 billion
(c) $500
(d) $400 billion

11. Who did Truman choose to accompany him to meet the train bearing Roosevelt's body?
(a) No one. He stood alone.
(b) Bess and Margaret Truman
(c) Eleanor and Teddy Roosevelt
(d) Jimmy Byrnes and Henry Wallace

12. Who were Harry Truman's parents?
(a) Solomon Young and Mary Jane Truman
(b) John Truman and Martha Ellen Young
(c) Bill Truman and Elizabeth Taylor
(d) Harry Truman Sr and Elizabeth Young

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

14. When Germany advances on Moscow, what does President Roosevelt offer Stalin?
(a) Sound advice
(b) Nuclear warheads
(c) A billion dollars worth of supplies
(d) 100,000 troops

15. Whose photographs does Harry carry in his uniform pocket during the entire war?
(a) His mother, Bess and another girlfriend
(b) His father, his dog and Bess
(c) Bess, Mary Jane and his mother.
(d) His dog, his cat and Bess

Short Answer Questions

1. How long was Truman & Jacobson in business?

2. Who in Truman's family passes away in November of 1914?

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

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

5. What two political positions did Truman want before he was allowed to run for Senate?

(see the answer keys)

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