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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 traveled to Asia and witnessed the new nationalism arising in those countries?
(a) Kathleen and Margaret Eunice.
(b) Patrick and John Kennedy.
(c) Herbert and Rose Hoover.
(d) John and Robert Kennedy.

2. Where did Robert Kennedy get a position because of his father's influence?
(a) Senate.
(b) House of Representatives.
(c) Senate Investigations Committee.
(d) Attorney General's office.

3. Who was President of the Teamsters Union?
(a) Herbert Hoover.
(b) Joe McCarthy.
(c) Walter Reuther.
(d) Jimmy Hoffa.

4. What did Attorney General Robert Kennedy discover during the process of judicial appointments?
(a) Irreconcilable differences in parties.
(b) Civil rights legislation had to be paramount.
(c) The need to compromise and make deals.
(d) Impossible to please the Southern Democrats.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who were two personal friends of the Kennedy family that were also prosecuted?

3. Who embarked upon a witch hunt to expel Communists from America?

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

5. Who led the United Automobile Workers (UAW)?

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