Statistics for The Harry Truman Presidency

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Hint	Answer	% Correct
Truman assumed office after this president died	Franklin D. Roosevelt	97%
Japanese cities that were struck by atomic bombs	Hiroshima	92%
	Nagasaki	92%
Who were the other "Big" statesmen? (one was voted out and replaced)	Joseph Stalin	87%
Foreign aid initiative that supported Western European countries, named after the US Secretary of State	Marshall Plan	87%
	Winston Churchill	87%
Country whose divided parts lead a war 1950-53, involving both world powers	Korea	85%
The Soviet blockade of this city is often seen as the start of the Cold War	Berlin	84%
Home state	Missouri	82%
Secret service established in 1947	CIA	79%
Senator who campaigned against real or alleged communists, including members of Truman's administration	Joseph McCarthy	74%
General who was relieved of his duties after he publicly criticized Truman's administration	Douglas McArthur	72%
Republican candidate who surprisingly lost the 1948 presidential elections	Thomas E. Dewey	72%
Critics said that Truman had "lost" this country as it was taken over by communists in 1949	China	70%
International organization founded in San Francisco in 1945	United Nations	69%
He was one of the "Big Three" statesmen present at this summer 1945 meeting	Potsdam Conference	56%
Pro-Truman slogan and title of a 1975 one-man play about him	Give 'em {Hell}	54%
Newspaper that declared above-mentioned candidate the winner	Chicago Tribune	51%
Policy that was to contain the spread of communism and Soviet influence	Truman Doctrine	46%
Vice president, 1949-1953	Alben W. Barkley	41%
	Clement Attlee	38%
Concept that sought to destroy much of Germany's industry, making it an agrarian state	Morgenthau Plan	11%