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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. Which organization worked outside the confines and control of any governmental branch or agency?
(a) CIA.
(b) Pentagon.
(c) Civil rights.
(d) FBI.

2. What did Robert Kennedy find was a frequent result of poverty?
(a) Juvenile deliquency.
(b) Depression.
(c) Theft.
(d) Armed robbery.

3. What did Robert Kennedy think was the source of all the nation's ills?
(a) Poverty.
(b) Disease.
(c) Ignorance.
(d) Religious feuds.

4. Whose prosecution by Attorney General Robert Kennedy caused the ire of Lyndon B. Johnson?
(a) J. Vincent Keoh.
(b) George Wallace.
(c) Bobby Baker.
(d) Eunice Kennedy.

5. After the landmark anti-trust case, what distinction occurred between the two political parties?
(a) The Republican party aligned with the military while the Democratic party advocated education.
(b) The Republican party represented business while the Democratic party represented labor.
(c) The Republican party opposed civil rights legislation while the Democratic party supported it.
(d) The Republican party stood for white collar work while the Democratic party stood for blue collar work.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who traveled to Asia and witnessed the new nationalism arising in those countries?

2. What region of the world resented American interference to assist French armed forces?

3. What were two measures the Attorney General Robert Kennedy took to repair inequality in the court system?

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

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

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