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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Harry Truman's first paid job?
(a) Sweeping, dusting and cleaning at Clinton's Drugstore in Independence
(b) Newspaper route
(c) Bicycle courier for a bank in Kansas City
(d) Cleaning and painting houses in his neighborhood

2. What does Bess suggest when Harry announces his decision to join the military?
(a) That he find another girlfriend
(b) That she join as well and go with him
(c) That they get married immediately
(d) That he take warm clothes with him

3. 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) Launched his own investigation and drove over 10,000 miles across the country researching defense sites.
(c) He started his own company to reap some of these benefits
(d) He wrote a stern letter to the newspaper calling for action

4. What part of Truman's past most concerned the Democratic Party for the campaign?
(a) His connection with the Freemasons
(b) The fact Bess Truman's father committed suicide
(c) His past farming duties
(d) His connection with Boss Pendergast

5. When Roosevelt announces in 1944 that he will run for the fourth term as President, how many terms were Presidents allowed to serve?
(a) Two
(b) Ten
(c) There was no constitutional limit to the number of times a President could serve
(d) Four

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

7. Where did most of the sayings, such as "a good name is rather to be chosen than great riches", that were part of Truman's upbringing, originate?
(a) The Bible
(b) Time Magazine
(c) The Koran
(d) Ben Franklin's books

8. What was the most common method of travel for settlers in the 1800s to take to Independence?
(a) Interstate Highway
(b) Canoe
(c) Railway
(d) Steamboat

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

10. Why does the Truman family move to Kansas City? .
(a) The Truman family were asked to leave town
(b) Harry Truman forced them to move for his political ambition
(c) John Truman has lost the family business and property due to bad investments in wheat futures
(d) John Truman left the family to join the war

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

12. What was one voting faction in this election that had never been involved in presidential elections before?
(a) Blacks were allowed to vote.
(b) Family pets, if pedigreed, were allowed to vote
(c) Women were allowed to vote
(d) Jews were allowed to vote

13. What type of mine does Harry Truman invest in during 1915 and 1916?
(a) Zinc
(b) Gold
(c) Copper
(d) Silver

14. Why does Harry Truman leave his job in Kansas City?
(a) To help the family with the farm.
(b) To marry Bess
(c) To join the Army
(d) He was fired

15. How long was Truman & Jacobson in business?
(a) Twent-five Years
(b) Ten years
(c) One year
(d) Three years

Short Answer Questions

1. In November of 1930, something happened to Margaret Truman. What was it?

2. What was the real name of the Truman Committee?

3. What career did Margaret Truman plan to enter?

4. How did Bess Truman feel about Harry running for Vice President?

5. Why did Truman vote against the reappointment of District Attorney Milligan?

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