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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. During Churchill's speech in Missouri, as a guest of Truman, what term does Churchill use to describe the Soviet Union presence that became a common term?
(a) Iron Curtain
(b) OPEC
(c) Berlin Wall
(d) Axis of Evil

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

6. What is Adlai Stevenson's position when he runs for President?
(a) Governor of Illinois
(b) Private Citizen
(c) Secretary of War
(d) Senator from New Mexico

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) Through the main door
(c) By three separate doors
(d) Through the kitchen door

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

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

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

11. When dividing up Germany, what geographical descriptions did the Potsdam Conference use?
(a) The conquered lands of Germany
(b) The Germany of 1937
(c) Hitler's plan for domination
(d) Magellan's original docments

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

13. What condition of the White House was hidden from the Press until after the election?
(a) The elevator was no longer working
(b) The portico had fallen on the presidential limo
(c) The second floor was falling into the first floor.
(d) Fine condition, no need of repair

14. How much did the White House renovation cost?
(a) 300,000
(b) 5.8 million dollars
(c) 1 million dollars
(d) Nothing - all work was donated

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Barkley's "prop-stop" campaign?

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

3. Which of Truman's family members accompanied him on the campaign trail?

4. Who does Truman develop a long correspondence with after his retirement?

5. What was the origination of the term "pinko?"

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