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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does the only meeting in history of Truman and MacArthur take place?
(a) Washington DC
(b) Potsdam
(c) Wake Island
(d) New Mexico

2. Whose appointment to Truman's cabinet made a positive and calming effect?
(a) Charlie Ross
(b) Jimmy Brynes
(c) George Marshall
(d) Henry Wallace

3. What two projects occupied Truman for the remainder of his life?
(a) Presidential Library and forming the NAACP
(b) Buidling a fence around the farm and his wardrobe
(c) Climbing mountains and visiting friends
(d) His Presidential Library and his memoirs

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

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

6. How old was Truman when he passed away?
(a) 103
(b) 88
(c) 35
(d) 55

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

8. What was the origination of the term "pinko?"
(a) Pinko was an affectionate name Harry gave Bess
(b) It is a shortened version ofthe term pinkolator which was a brand of coffee maker
(c) Pinko referred to men who wore women's clothes
(d) When a difference was pointed out between a red Communist and a lesser dedicated Communist, a pink one.

9. What was a Dixiecrat?
(a) A type of paper cup
(b) Members of the southern Democratic party who withdrew from the Truman's Democratic Party because of his stand on Civil Rights.
(c) A politician who whistles Dixie
(d) A politician who endorsed the NAACP

10. How much monthly income did Truman have after leaving the office of president?
(a) $200
(b) $10,000 per month
(c) $50,000
(d) $112.56 per month

11. What famous landmark did Churchill visit when in Berlin?
(a) St Paul's Cathedral
(b) Arc de Triumph
(c) Berlin HIlton
(d) Hitler's Bunker

12. Who was the leader of the Progressive Party who was in competition with the Democrats and Republicans in the 1948 election?
(a) Henry Wallace
(b) Charlie Ross
(c) Margaret Truman
(d) Andrew Jackson

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

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

15. 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) China
(c) Japan
(d) Soviet Union

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the leader of the Dixiecrats?

2. At the end of the war, how many service men and women were coming back to the American work force?

3. What was Truman's primary goal of the Potsdam Conference?

4. What major country turned Communist during Truman's second Presidency?

5. What happens to the White House during Truman's second term?

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