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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 witnessed poverty firsthand and saw postwar devastation in Europe?
(a) Robert McAllister.
(b) Thomas Gould.
(c) Robert F. Kennedy.
(d) Herbert Hoover.

2. What did Robert Kennedy study at Harvard?
(a) E-commerce.
(b) International business.
(c) Constitutional law.
(d) History.

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

4. What discouraged Robert Kennedy during his work in the Justice Department?
(a) Death of his brother.
(b) His inability to obtain indictments of the big players in labor and management corruption.
(c) Violation of civil rights.
(d) Joe McCarthy's popularity.

5. Which son died in an explosion over France during the 1950s?
(a) Joe Jr.
(b) Patrick F.
(c) Robert F.
(d) John F.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Robert Kennedy began a career in the Justice Department, what was his family life like?

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

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

4. What apathetic division of the Justice department did Robert Kennedy try to change?

5. What event in Wisconsin invoked the ire of Republicans?

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