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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which country chose not to participate in the Marshall Plan and thereby caused several more countries in that bloc to pull out?
(a) China
(b) Soviet Union
(c) Japan
(d) Germany

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

3. How much did the White House renovation cost?
(a) 300,000
(b) 1 million dollars
(c) 5.8 million dollars
(d) Nothing - all work was donated

4. What major country turned Communist during Truman's second Presidency?
(a) Japan
(b) India
(c) China
(d) South Africa

5. What was Barkley's "prop-stop" campaign?
(a) It refers to the time in his campaign when his plane's propellor fell off
(b) A trip the VP candidate took by airplane that was similar to the railway tour the President was making.
(c) Barkley's habit of propping himself against a bar to deliver speeches
(d) The propellor pin he wore on his suit lapel during the campaign

6. What was Truman's primary goal of the Potsdam Conference?
(a) To tell the other countries about the atom bomb
(b) To find an excuse to use the atom bomb
(c) To see Europe for free
(d) To get Stalin to commit to entering the war against Japan

7. What was the name of President Truman's custom built railway car?
(a) The Ferdinand Magellan
(b) The George Washington
(c) Pullman Car #3457113
(d) The Titanic

8. Who is Truman's first choice for his replacement as President?
(a) Dwight D. Eisenhower
(b) Strom Thurmand
(c) Joe McCarthy
(d) Henry Wallace

9. Who does Truman develop a long correspondence with after his retirement?
(a) Dwight Eisenhower
(b) Dean Acheson
(c) Andrew Jackson
(d) His mother

10. Which of Truman's family members accompanied him on the campaign trail?
(a) His mother and father
(b) His brother and his brother's wife and sons
(c) His sister and mother
(d) Bess and Margaret

11. What happens to the White House during Truman's second term?
(a) It burns down
(b) It is attacked by the British
(c) An airplane crashes into it
(d) It is completely renovated

12. Who were "The Big Three" of the Potsdam conference?
(a) Gorbachev, Bush and Truman
(b) Truman, Churchill and Stalin
(c) Roosevelt, Churchill and Stalin
(d) Truman, DeGaulle and Patton

13. Who in the government has the final say regarding military matters?
(a) The President
(b) The Vice President
(c) Supreme Commander of the Forces
(d) Secretary of State

14. What condition of the White House was hidden from the Press until after the election?
(a) The elevator was no longer working
(b) The second floor was falling into the first floor.
(c) Fine condition, no need of repair
(d) The portico had fallen on the presidential limo

15. What geographical designation separated South Korea from North Korea?
(a) The 41st parallel
(b) The Alps
(c) 38th Parallel
(d) The Yang River

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose appointment to Truman's cabinet made a positive and calming effect?

2. In what country was Potsdam located?

3. Why did Truman write an angry letter to the newspaper?

4. Why was it so important to create an Atomic Energy Commission?

5. How did the three world leaders enter the conference room in Potsdam?

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