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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 were two personal friends of the Kennedy family that were also prosecuted?
(a) Oleg Cassini's brother and James Landis.
(b) Herbert Hoover and Edward Brown.
(c) Joe McCarthy and Robert McNamara.
(d) Bobby Barker and George Wallace.

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

3. What services did the model community program offer in New York?
(a) Access to food, clean beds, and clean clothes.
(b) Education and foster homes.
(c) Crisis intervention and conflict resolution.
(d) Early childhood intervention, vocational training, employment, day care, and legal services.

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

5. What apathetic division of the Justice department did Robert Kennedy try to change?
(a) The special services division.
(b) The social services division.
(c) The anti-trust division.
(d) The criminal justice division.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did the Kennedy own homes?

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

3. What was the old practice of American politics?

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

5. What was one of the first actions taken by the new Attorney General for the Kennedy administration?

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