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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where was Harry S Truman born?
(a) Santa Fe, NM
(b) Washington D.C.
(c) Lamar, MO
(d) Independence, MO

2. What did Truman refer to as "Potomac Fever?" .
(a) The tendency of some political appointees to consider themselves more important than they were
(b) The urge to visit the Potomac River rather than working
(c) A strain of flu duirng the war
(d) The heightened color of skin when people arrived in DC

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

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

5. Which of Truman's commanders was the most unreasonable and was disliked the most by Truman?
(a) Klemm
(b) Marshall
(c) Pershing
(d) Jacobson

6. When Harry was nine, his family moved to Independence. He met a girl at Sunday School and fell in love that lasted his whole life. Who was this girl?
(a) Bess Wallace
(b) Mary Jane Truman
(c) Margaret Truman
(d) Eleanor Roosevelt

7. How did Bess Truman feel about Harry running for Vice President?
(a) She did not care either way
(b) She was happy to move to a new house
(c) She did not want him to run
(d) She was eager to see his political ambition proceed

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

9. What did Truman think was a damaging move by Roosevelt?
(a) Entering WWII
(b) Entering WWI
(c) The attempt to increase the number of Supreme Court Justices
(d) Bombing the Japanese home cities

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

11. Which state turned the tide towards Truman at the convention?
(a) New York
(b) California
(c) Texas
(d) Alaska

12. What organization with secret rituals did Harry Truman join in 1909?
(a) Boy Scouts
(b) Rainbow Girls
(c) Ku Klux Klan
(d) Freemasonry or the Masons

13. What is the name of the ship Harry Truman and his battalion are on for the Atlantic crossing?
(a) The Lusitania
(b) The Titanic
(c) The George Washington
(d) The Mary Deare

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was President of the USA during World War I?

2. President Roosevelt made a radio speech to America at the beginning of Germany's attack on England, and the speech was subsequently referred to as what?

3. What was one of the unique things about the Truman Committee?

4. Where did the Truman family live until the Roosevelt family departed the White House?

5. What ship did Truman take to the Potsdam conference?

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