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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 embarked upon a witch hunt to expel Communists from America?
(a) John Kennedy.
(b) Joe McCarthy.
(c) Jimmy Hoffa.
(d) Herbert Hoover.

2. Which son died in an explosion over France during the 1950s?
(a) Robert F.
(b) John F.
(c) Patrick F.
(d) Joe Jr.

3. What favorite activity of Hoover's did Kennedy severely limit?
(a) Wiretapping.
(b) Investigative reporting.
(c) Forced imprisonment.
(d) Concentration camps.

4. What was one of the first actions taken by the new Attorney General for the Kennedy administration?
(a) To build bigger prisons.
(b) To make the Justice Department less formal and holding meetings with virtually all employees.
(c) To put Cuban revolutionists into prison.
(d) To outlaw the Confederate flag.

5. Who died in a plane crash when Robert Kennedy married?
(a) Kathleen Kennedy.
(b) Rosemary Eunice.
(c) Rose Hoover.
(d) Ethel Skakel.

Short Answer Questions

1. What role was Robert F. Kenned a great choice for but hesitant to take on for fear of nepotism?

2. Where did Robert Kennedy get a position because of his father's influence?

3. Which two offices did the FBI director covertly oppose?

4. What were the two major issues surrounding the John F. Kennedy bid for the presidency?

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

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