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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 6-10: The First Investigating Committee: Joe McCarthy; Interlude: William O. Doublas and Adlai Stevenson; The Second Investigating Committee: Jimmy Hoffa; The Second Investigating Committee: Walter Reuther; 1960.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What were the two major issues surrounding the John F. Kennedy bid for the presidency?
(a) Catholicism and civil rights.
(b) War and anarchy.
(c) Socialism and green economics.
(d) Communism and labor rights.

2. Who witnessed poverty firsthand and saw postwar devastation in Europe?
(a) Robert McAllister.
(b) Thomas Gould.
(c) Robert F. Kennedy.
(d) Herbert Hoover.

3. In his role in the Senate Investigations Committee, what did Robert Kennedy gain a reputation for being?
(a) A wimp.
(b) A liar.
(c) A troublemaker.
(d) A skilled and thorough investigator.

4. What did Robert Kennedy discover about the Teamsters Union's president?
(a) Hoffa was involved with organized crime.
(b) The president started anarchist demonstrations.
(c) The president was responsible for the assassination of diplomats.
(d) The president went to Vietnam to raise civil unrest.

5. What did Robert Kennedy study at Harvard?
(a) History.
(b) E-commerce.
(c) Constitutional law.
(d) International business.

Short Answer Questions

1. What immigrants were not popular in the 1800s in America?

2. What did the Asian countries yearn to be free of?

3. ______________ was Irish, an ardent anti-Communist, and liked by the Kennedy family initially.

4. What was the primary fear concerning these nations for Americans?

5. Who scared away most witnesses from testifying against him?

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