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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. Who did John F. Kennedy run against in the 1960 presidential primary?
(a) Joe McCarthy and Walter Reuther.
(b) Communists and Socialists.
(c) Robert Kennedy and Jimmy Hoffa.
(d) Lyndon Johnson and Hubert Humphrey.

2. ______________ was Irish, an ardent anti-Communist, and liked by the Kennedy family initially.
(a) Jimmy Hoffa.
(b) Walter Reuther.
(c) Joe McCarthy.
(d) Herbert Hoover.

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

4. Who led the United Automobile Workers (UAW)?
(a) Joe McCarthy.
(b) Jimmy Hoffa.
(c) Walter Reuther.
(d) Herbert Hoover.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which two governors openly defied the 1954 Brown vs. Board of Education?

2. Who was President of the Teamsters Union?

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

4. What did Robert Kennedy think was the source of all the nation's ills?

5. What did Robert Kennedy study at Harvard?

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