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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was the man in charge of the American Expeditionary Forces in France in WWI?
(a) General Eisenhower
(b) General Patton
(c) General Pershing
(d) General DeGaulle

2. What was the original funding for the Truman Committee?
(a) $10,000
(b) $100,000
(c) $4,000
(d) $1 million

3. What job does Truman take between his judgeships?
(a) Selling newspaper and magazine subscriptions
(b) Writing a newspaper column as a music critic
(c) Running whiskey for the Pendergast Organization
(d) Selling memberships in the Kansas City Automobile Club

4. Whose photographs does Harry carry in his uniform pocket during the entire war?
(a) His mother, Bess and another girlfriend
(b) His dog, his cat and Bess
(c) Bess, Mary Jane and his mother.
(d) His father, his dog and Bess

5. Which country becomes a focal point of disagreement between USA and the Soviets?
(a) Canada
(b) Poland
(c) Columbia
(d) Japan

Short Answer Questions

1. Who won WWI?

2. For most of the people in Independence in the 1800's, who was their hero?

3. Who was the most influential new friend Truman gained during his first term as Senator?

4. In 1841, what was considered the extreme frontier of the USA?

5. When Roosevelt announces in 1944 that he will run for the fourth term as President, how many terms were Presidents allowed to serve?

Short Essay Questions

1. Harry Truman left his home and his country to defend another country's border. He mentions that "we owe it to Lafayette" - what does this mean?

2. Re-read the section on U.S. Steel's involvement in manufacturing and supplying the Navy with defective steel. What was their motivation for this deception? How did they rationalize it with the Truman Committee? In their opinion, was the action of the US Steel Company right or wrong?

3. Some wives of politicians are active in their husband's campaigns and in D.C. social life to assist their reputations. Bess Truman was definitely not this type of political wife. Why do you think this is?

4. What experience does Truman bring to this Senate investigation? Outline specifically which jobs he held in the past that would contribute to his ability to lead this important committee.

5. Tom Pendergast's advice to Harry Truman as he left for D.C. was "Work hard, keep your mouth shut, and answer your mail." Was this good advice for the new senator? Why?

6. Why was it important for Truman to spend so much time as a new President with the funeral of Roosevelt?

7. Bess Wallace is considered "ideal" by Harry, and is well respected by the other children. What qualities does she display that make her ideal, and do you think she would be popular by today's standards?

8. Compared to the Slaughter family farm, the Trumans were always broke. Why do you think this was so?

9. Tom Pedergast was considered a villain by some, and a Robin Hood by others. Why?

10. Although money was always a problem for Truman, when given the opportunity to make millions at the expense of the government, he chose not to. Why?

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