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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 had terrifying power as the head of the FBI?
(a) Walter Mondale.
(b) George Wallace.
(c) Herbert Hoover.
(d) J. Edgar Hoover.

2. What event in Wisconsin invoked the ire of Republicans?
(a) Unfair labor practices.
(b) Communist demonstrations.
(c) The worker strike against Kohler plumbing.
(d) Bargaining on behalf of the company.

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

4. What did Robert Kennedy think was the source of all the nation's ills?
(a) Disease.
(b) Religious feuds.
(c) Poverty.
(d) Ignorance.

5. What did Robert Kennedy find was a frequent result of poverty?
(a) Armed robbery.
(b) Theft.
(c) Juvenile deliquency.
(d) Depression.

Short Answer Questions

1. What favorite activity of Hoover's did Kennedy severely limit?

2. What was a major area of contention between Hoover and Robert Kennedy?

3. Whose Senate campaign did Robert Kennedy manage?

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

5. In what five areas was civil rights legislation enforced?

(see the answer key)

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