Some sample questions from this category:
* Harry Truman was born on May 8, 1884. In what state was he born?
* What does the 'S' in Harry S Truman stand for?
* In 1922, Truman first ran for elective office in Jackson County, Missouri, with the backing of what big city 'machine'?
* To what office was Truman elected in 1934?
* When Franklin Delano Roosevelt was nominated to run for a fourth term in 1944, Truman was selected as his Vice-Presidential running mate. Who was the top vote-getter on the first ballot for the Democratic Vice-Presidential nomination that year?
* How long was Truman's Vice-Presidential acceptance speech?
* When did Truman find out about the atomic bomb project?
* When did Truman become President?
* How many workers were on strike at the height of the post-war labor troubles in the United States?
* Truman's program to provide aid to rebuild Europe after World War II, was called what?
* What method of campaigning did Truman use to good effect in the 1948 campaign against Thomas Dewey?
* What dramatic announcement did Truman make while accepting the 1948 Democratic nomination for President?
* Who gave the speech at the 1948 Democratic Convention which resulted in the delegates adopting a stronger civil rights plank in their platform?
* The policy of aiding free nations in order to meet and beat the Communist threat, especially in Greece and Turkey, became known as what?
* Who served as Secretary of State during Truman's second term?
* Which Presidential candidate did Truman support in the 1960 Democratic primaries?
* How old was Truman when he died?
* When, in late 1999, C-Span asked 90 historians to rate all 41 U.S. Presidents, where did Truman rank?
* Who is the historian who in 1992, published a 992-page biography of Truman?
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