The Harry S. Truman Presidency - Statistics

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Hint	Answer	% Correct
What party did Truman represent in his 8 year presidency?	Democratic Party	93%
For whom was Truman vice president?	Franklin D. Roosevelt	93%
Which newly-formed Jewish state was recognized as a nation in 1948?	Israel	86%
From 1950 to 1953, what war did Truman oversee?	Korean War	86%
In 1949, what Treaty Organization did Truman and 12 other countries create?	NATO	81%
Before becoming president, Truman was a senator for which state? (Hint: It's also the name of the longest tributary or the Mississippi River.)	Missouri	79%
What was the name of the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima on the 6th of August 1945?	Little Boy	75%
At the beginning of the Korean War, which American general wished to use the atomic bomb against Chinese reinforcements, leading to his dismissal ?	Douglas MacArthur	70%
Which Asian country was under American control until the 1951 Treaty of San Francisco?	Japan	61%
What was the name of the plane that dropped this bomb?	Enola Gay	58%
Which position was occupied by George Marshall in the Truman administration?(Hint: He occupied this position from 1947 to 1949 and came up with the Marshall Plan.)	Secretary of State	58%
After Truman's unexpected victory in the 1948 presidential election, the Tribune from which city posted an erroneous headline titled 'Dewey Defeats Truman'?	Chicago	54%
The civil war in which Balkan country is considered to be the first proxy conflit of the Cold War?	Greece	49%
What famous American political victory started in 1948 after the Soviet blockade of Berlin?	Berlin Airlift	43%
Which modern day counterintelligence agency was formed in 1952?	NSA	35%

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