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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 region of the world resented American interference to assist French armed forces?
(a) Australia.
(b) Indochina.
(c) Fiji.
(d) Philippines.

2. Who did Robert Kennedy work within New York to build a model community program?
(a) William Orrick.
(b) David Hackett.
(c) Joe McCarthy.
(d) Bobby Barkeley.

3. What were two measures the Attorney General Robert Kennedy took to repair inequality in the court system?
(a) He removed the need for lawyers and bail in all cases.
(b) He encouraged rehabilitation and separating the youth from hardened criminals.
(c) He encouraged the use of death penalty and waterboarding.
(d) He built bigger, stronger prisons.

4. Where did Hoover get most of his information about organized crime?
(a) Bugging.
(b) Secret observers.
(c) Videotapes.
(d) Infiltration.

5. Where did Robert Kennedy research poverty?
(a) In the library.
(b) In a law firm.
(c) Urban ghettos.
(d) In the courtroom.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who died in a plane crash when Robert Kennedy married?

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

4. Which organization worked outside the confines and control of any governmental branch or agency?

5. Whose Senate campaign did Robert Kennedy manage?

(see the answer key)

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