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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where do the Trumans live in Independence?
(a) The family home of Bess Truman
(b) Wtih Margaret and her husband
(c) Truman farm
(d) Truman library

2. In what country was Potsdam located?
(a) England
(b) Germany
(c) Norway
(d) Poland

3. What country's military is in possession of Potsdam at the time of the conference?
(a) Mexico
(b) Canada
(c) Soviet Union
(d) Germany

4. Who was Truman's Vice President before Barkley?
(a) No one
(b) Jim Pendergast
(c) Henry Wallace
(d) Jimmy Byrnes

5. What new civilian agency is set up under Truman's presidency?
(a) Air Force
(b) Committee to Re-Elect the President
(c) Federal Bureau of Investigation
(d) Central Intelligence Agency

6. Who did Truman choose to replace Marshall as his Secretary of State?
(a) Charlie Ross
(b) George Marshall's son
(c) Dean Rusk
(d) Dean Acheson

7. How did Truman's personal staff feel about him?
(a) They feared him
(b) They disliked him intensely
(c) They thought he was boring
(d) They admired and respected him

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

9. 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

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

11. Which country was able to assemble an atomic bomb after the USA?
(a) Israel
(b) Soviet Union
(c) France
(d) China

12. How old was Truman when his second term as president began?
(a) 29
(b) 50
(c) 64
(d) 73

13. Who do Truman's supporters and staff encourage him to fire as a result of Fulbright's Senate committee report?
(a) Bill Boyle, Democratic National Chairman
(b) George Patton
(c) George Marshall
(d) General MacArthur

14. What happens to Margaret after her father finishes her Presidential terms?
(a) She dies in an automobile accident
(b) She is kidnapped
(c) She joins the Peace Corps
(d) She marries and has four sons.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who of Truman's long time friends was most instrumental in advising him regarding the Palestine problem?

2. How many people did Oppenheimer estimate the bomb would kill?

3. What was a Dixiecrat?

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

5. Who was the leader of the Progressive Party who was in competition with the Democrats and Republicans in the 1948 election?

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