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

2. Which issue did Robert Kennedy think posed the greatest threat facing the nation?
(a) Communism.
(b) Organized crime.
(c) Civil rights.
(d) Narcotics.

3. What change occurred in the Investigations Committee as a direct result of John F. Kennedy's Senate move?
(a) The Committee focused on investigations instead of prosecutions.
(b) Labor got along well with the government.
(c) Joe McCarthy gained popularity.
(d) Herbert Hoover became president of the FBI.

4. What dilemma faced the Justice Department when civil rights leaders in the South were brutalized?
(a) How to create laws.
(b) How to enforce constitutional law without a national police force.
(c) How to convince Southern leaders to accept black justices.
(d) How to bring equal employment to the South.

5. How did Hoover attempt to gain convictions of leftists?
(a) Through hard facts.
(b) Through forced imprisonment.
(c) Through investigative hearings.
(d) Through innuendos and associations.