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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. In what five areas was civil rights legislation enforced?
(a) Security, commerce, research, legislation, and justice.
(b) Marriage, home ownership, bus travel, shared housing, and community dining.
(c) Education, transportation, suffrage, housing, and employment.
(d) Federal parks, state parks, public buildings, airlines, and taxis.

2. What did Robert Kennedy discover about the Teamsters Union's president?
(a) The president was responsible for the assassination of diplomats.
(b) The president went to Vietnam to raise civil unrest.
(c) The president started anarchist demonstrations.
(d) Hoffa was involved with organized crime.

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

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

5. What did Robert Kennedy find about the comparative treatment of individuals in the court system?
(a) Those who were poor always rotted in jails.
(b) The ones who came from wealthy families were never prosecuted.
(c) Those with money for bail and personal counsel usually were released.
(d) The ones who were illiterate suffered the most.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who was murdered during the admittance of black students into college in Alabama?

3. Who did Robert Kennedy marry?

4. Who married a banking millionaire and had nine children?

5. What change occurred in the Investigations Committee as a direct result of John F. Kennedy's Senate move?

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