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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What was Truman's primary goal of the Potsdam Conference?
(a) To tell the other countries about the atom bomb
(b) To get Stalin to commit to entering the war against Japan
(c) To see Europe for free
(d) To find an excuse to use the atom bomb
2. Who was Truman's Vice President before Barkley?
(a) Jimmy Byrnes
(b) No one
(c) Henry Wallace
(d) Jim Pendergast
3. Where does the only meeting in history of Truman and MacArthur take place?
(a) Potsdam
(b) Washington DC
(c) New Mexico
(d) Wake Island
4. What happens to Margaret after her father finishes her Presidential terms?
(a) She joins the Peace Corps
(b) She marries and has four sons.
(c) She dies in an automobile accident
(d) She is kidnapped
5. Who in the government has the final say regarding military matters?
(a) Supreme Commander of the Forces
(b) Secretary of State
(c) The President
(d) The Vice President
6. What career is Margaret Truman pursuing?
(a) Computer Science
(b) Singing
(c) Lab Technician
(d) Acting
7. What is Adlai Stevenson's position when he runs for President?
(a) Private Citizen
(b) Senator from New Mexico
(c) Governor of Illinois
(d) Secretary of War
8. What happened to the President's normal work when he was on the campaign trail?
(a) His staff collected all the papers and held them until he arrived home
(b) The vice president handled everything
(c) It continued as before from Truman's desk on the train
(d) Bess took care of it
9. What was a whistle-stop?
(a) The term used to call for a taxi while standing on the sidewalk
(b) 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.
(c) A method used to veto a bill
(d) A street corner
10. How many months had Truman been President before both Germany and Japan surrendered?
(a) One
(b) Three
(c) Six
(d) Four
11. Why was it so important to create an Atomic Energy Commission?
(a) To make Truman look good
(b) To prevent spies from access to the secrets
(c) To provide civilian, not military, control of this new awesome power
(d) To have a method of channeling funding to the project
12. What was the origination of the term "pinko?"
(a) It is a shortened version ofthe term pinkolator which was a brand of coffee maker
(b) When a difference was pointed out between a red Communist and a lesser dedicated Communist, a pink one.
(c) Pinko was an affectionate name Harry gave Bess
(d) Pinko referred to men who wore women's clothes
13. What industry does Truman attempt to turn over to government control in April of 1952?
(a) Computer
(b) Automobile
(c) Steel mills
(d) Ship Building
14. How many people did the bomb actually kill in Hiroshima?
(a) 2000
(b) None
(c) Two million
(d) 200,000
15. 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
Short Answer Questions
1. Who of Truman's long time friends was most instrumental in advising him regarding the Palestine problem?
2. What longtime cabinet member resigns due to a disagreement with Truman?
3. How did the leaders entertain each other in the evenings of the conference?
4. Which of Truman's family members accompanied him on the campaign trail?
5. What famous landmark did Churchill visit when in Berlin?
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