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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) Roosevelt, Churchill and Stalin
(b) Gorbachev, Bush and Truman
(c) Truman, Churchill and Stalin
(d) Truman, DeGaulle and Patton

2. What is one Presidential first that is mentioned in this chapter?
(a) First presidential address to be broadcast on TV
(b) First presidential address to be printed in the newspaper
(c) First Jewish president
(d) First president to ride in an automobile

3. 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 referred to men who wore women's clothes
(d) Pinko was an affectionate name Harry gave Bess

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

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

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

7. How did the three world leaders enter the conference room in Potsdam?
(a) They were all on teleconference and did not use the doors
(b) By three separate doors
(c) Through the kitchen door
(d) Through the main door

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

9. Why did Truman write an angry letter to the newspaper?
(a) A columnist had given Margaret's concert a bad review
(b) His Sunday paper did not arrive on time
(c) A reporter had published a comment he thought was off record
(d) A reporter was stalking Margaret

10. What industry does Truman attempt to turn over to government control in April of 1952?
(a) Computer
(b) Automobile
(c) Ship Building
(d) Steel mills

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

12. How did the leaders entertain each other in the evenings of the conference?
(a) Dancing with the town women
(b) Listening to baseball games on the radio
(c) Dinners and musical entertainment
(d) Watching football on televsion

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What was the Turnip Congress? .

3. Where was the American's atom bomb tested?

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

5. Of all the labor strikes after the war, which is the one that brings Truman to the strongest action?

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