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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How many people did Oppenheimer estimate the bomb would kill?
(a) 200,000
(b) None
(c) Two million
(d) 20,000

3. What was the Turnip Congress? .
(a) A special committee that turned up important information
(b) The special congressional session called by Truman during the time of Missouri's Turnip Day
(c) A session of congress where dissidents threw turnips at the congressmen
(d) A session of congress where only bills concerning turnips were discussed

4. What weapon is Truman encouraged to authorize to end the Korean Conflict?
(a) H-Bomb
(b) Biological warfare
(c) Heavy tanks
(d) Atom bomb

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

6. How many people did the bomb actually kill in Hiroshima?
(a) 2000
(b) Two million
(c) None
(d) 200,000

7. What career is Margaret Truman pursuing?
(a) Lab Technician
(b) Acting
(c) Computer Science
(d) Singing

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

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

10. Of all the labor strikes after the war, which is the one that brings Truman to the strongest action?
(a) The Steel Strike
(b) The Railroad Strike
(c) The Postal Strike
(d) The Actors Guild Strike

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

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

13. Why doesn't the military deploy more divisions in North Korea?
(a) The Allies won't allow it
(b) MacArthur refuses to allow it
(c) Truman does not think it is necessary
(d) Without depleting the European military presence, there are no more divisions.

14. What was a whistle-stop?
(a) A street corner
(b) A method used to veto a bill
(c) Term used to describe Truman's style of campaigning by stopping his Presidential train in every small town along the way so he could meet the American people.
(d) The term used to call for a taxi while standing on the sidewalk

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who do Truman's supporters and staff encourage him to fire as a result of Fulbright's Senate committee report?

2. Who did Truman choose to replace Marshall as his Secretary of State?

3. When dividing up Germany, what geographical descriptions did the Potsdam Conference use?

4. What famous landmark did Churchill visit when in Berlin?

5. Where does the only meeting in history of Truman and MacArthur take place?

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