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Understanding Harry S. Truman: A Quiz on His Life and Presidency

Test your knowledge about Harry S. Truman, his presidency, and significant events during his time in office with this engaging quiz.

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1 Many prominent citizens and officials, including ________ however supported and applauded Truman's decision.

2 Who was Harry S. Truman's vice president?

3 During World War I, Truman served as an artillery officer, making him the only president to have seen combat in World War I (his successor Eisenhower spent the war training tank crews in ________).

4 What years did Harry S. Truman serve?

5 Truman was a key figure in the establishment of the ________ in the Palestine Mandate.

6 Six stops in ________ drew a combined total of half a million people; a full million turned out for a New York City ticker-tape parade.

7 When was the Harry S. Truman?

8 When did Harry S. Truman's term start?

9 What branch is the Harry S. Truman in?

💡 Interesting Facts

  • the Dean of Barnard College and Teddy Roosevelt's grandson founded an organization that lobbied the Truman administration to prevent the creation of the State of Israel.
  • the White House Entrance Hall (pictured) had the President's seal removed from its floor in the early 1950s because President Truman thought it inappropriate to walk across it.
  • award-winning television editor Walter Balderson was the only TV cameraman inside the White House for the 1953 Inauguration Day meeting between U.S. President Truman and President-elect Eisenhower.
  • as part of the redesign of the Grand Staircase in the Truman-era White House, architect Lorenzo Winslow developed a series of maquettes, detailed scale models showing the proposed designs.
  • U.S. Presidents Lyndon B. Johnson and Harry S. Truman once lived in the Kennedy-Warren Apartment Building.
  • Leon Keyserling was the head of the Council of Economic Advisers advising U.S. President Truman, yet never finished his own graduate dissertation in economics.
  • President Truman's own pastor came out publicly against his appointment of General Mark Wayne Clark (pictured) as ambassador to Pope Pius XII.
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