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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. Why was it so important to create an Atomic Energy Commission?
(a) To make Truman look good
(b) To have a method of channeling funding to the project
(c) To provide civilian, not military, control of this new awesome power
(d) To prevent spies from access to the secrets

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

3. How many people did the bomb actually kill in Hiroshima?
(a) 2000
(b) None
(c) Two million
(d) 200,000

4. What geographical designation separated South Korea from North Korea?
(a) 38th Parallel
(b) The Alps
(c) The Yang River
(d) The 41st parallel

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which country was able to assemble an atomic bomb after the USA?

3. How many months had Truman been President before both Germany and Japan surrendered?

4. How old was Truman when his second term as president began?

5. Where do the Trumans live in Independence?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why was it so important for MacArthur and Truman to be in agreement on the military policy towards Korea and China?

2. Why did Truman choose Stevenson as his successor?

3. In the issue of a President serving more than two terms, what is your opinion regarding 1) in agreement with the limit or 2) in opposition of the limit. Give at least three points for your argument.

4. How did Truman react to political pressure regarding his bid for Presidency? Give specific examples.

5. Describe General MacArthur, covering the following points: 1) appearance, 2) method of speaking, 3) personality as described in the book.

6. When the Trumans take an automobile trip across the nation, they are shocked at how many people recognize them and want to see them. Why?

7. The title of this chapter is "The Buck Stops Here." Where does this expression come from and how does it apply to Harry Truman?

8. Truman's own party did not actively support him in his bid for the election, even through fundraising. Why?

9. When Robert Oppenheimer, the director of the Manhattan Project, comes to see Truman, the President is made uncomfortable about the visit. Why?

10. Truman had corresponded with Churchill and Stalin, but had never met either of these leaders before Potsdam. Read through Chapter 10 again, noting Truman's observations of the two men. Pretending you are a reporter for an American newspaper, write an article describing the two men from Truman's view.

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