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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 11-16: To the Department of Justice; the Pursuit of Justice: J. Edgar Hoover; The Pursuit of Justice: The Mob; The Pursuit of Justice: Civil Rights; The Pursuit of Justice: Ross Barnett and George Wallace; The Pursuit of Justice: Martin Luther K.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was murdered during the admittance of black students into college in Alabama?
(a) Medger Evans.
(b) Rosa Parks.
(c) Robert Brown.
(d) George Wallace.

2. What discouraged Robert Kennedy during his work in the Justice Department?
(a) Violation of civil rights.
(b) His inability to obtain indictments of the big players in labor and management corruption.
(c) Joe McCarthy's popularity.
(d) Death of his brother.

3. Which institution opposed the changes happening in the Justice Department?
(a) Security Council.
(b) CIA.
(c) Pentagon.
(d) FBI.

4. In what five areas was civil rights legislation enforced?
(a) Education, transportation, suffrage, housing, and employment.
(b) Federal parks, state parks, public buildings, airlines, and taxis.
(c) Marriage, home ownership, bus travel, shared housing, and community dining.
(d) Security, commerce, research, legislation, and justice.

5. Who did Robert Kennedy marry?
(a) Rosemary Eunice.
(b) Kathleen McAllister.
(c) Rose Hoover.
(d) Ethel Skakel.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which child of the Kennedy clan had a mental disease?

2. How did Hoover attempt to gain convictions of leftists?

3. What party did Adlai Stevenson belong to?

4. Where did Hoover get most of his information about organized crime?

5. What dilemma faced the Justice Department when civil rights leaders in the South were brutalized?

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