Hint | Answer | % Correct |
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For whom was Truman vice president? | Franklin D. Roosevelt | 93%
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What party did Truman represent in his 8 year presidency? | Democratic Party | 91%
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Which newly-formed Jewish state was recognized as a nation in 1948? | Israel | 82%
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From 1950 to 1953, what war did Truman oversee? | Korean War | 82%
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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 | 81%
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In 1949, what Treaty Organization did Truman and 12 other countries create? | NATO | 77%
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What was the name of the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima on the 6th of August 1945? | Little Boy | 68%
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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 | 67%
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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 | 57%
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What was the name of the plane that dropped this bomb? | Enola Gay | 56%
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Which Asian country was under American control until the 1951 Treaty of San Francisco? | Japan | 55%
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After Truman's unexpected victory in the 1948 presidential election, the Tribune from which city posted an erroneous headline titled 'Dewey Defeats Truman'? | Chicago | 51%
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The civil war in which Balkan country is considered to be the first proxy conflit of the Cold War? | Greece | 45%
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What famous American political victory started in 1948 after the Soviet blockade of Berlin? | Berlin Airlift | 39%
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Which modern day counterintelligence agency was formed in 1952? | NSA | 34%
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