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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 17-18: The Politics of Justice; Justice and Poverty.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the primary fear concerning these nations for Americans?
(a) That they would massacre innocent civilians.
(b) That they would develop nuclear arsenal.
(c) That they would become Communist and controlled by Russia and China.
(d) That they would pollute the earth.

2. Which child of the Kennedy clan had a mental disease?
(a) Jean.
(b) John.
(c) Eunice.
(d) Rosemary.

3. What party did Adlai Stevenson belong to?
(a) Democratic.
(b) Progressive.
(c) Republican.
(d) Independent.

4. What did the Asian countries yearn to be free of?
(a) Southern insurgents.
(b) Communist influence.
(c) European imperialism.
(d) Violent anarchists.

5. Which two governors openly defied the 1954 Brown vs. Board of Education?
(a) Ross Barnett of Mississippi and George Wallace of Alabama.
(b) Ross Barnett of Alabama and George Wallace of Mississippi.
(c) Taylor Manning of Tennessee and Roy Chace of South Carolina.
(d) Strom Thurmond of Georgia and Clint Black of Florida.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who had terrifying power as the head of the FBI?

3. What change occurred in the Investigations Committee as a direct result of John F. Kennedy's Senate move?

4. What did John F. Kennedy succeed in achieving as a Senator?

5. Who did John F. Kennedy run against in the 1960 presidential primary?

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