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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 6-10: The First Investigating Committee: Joe McCarthy; Interlude: William O. Doublas and Adlai Stevenson; The Second Investigating Committee: Jimmy Hoffa; The Second Investigating Committee: Walter Reuther; 1960.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who did Robert Kennedy marry?
(a) Rosemary Eunice.
(b) Rose Hoover.
(c) Ethel Skakel.
(d) Kathleen McAllister.

2. What change occurred in the Investigations Committee as a direct result of John F. Kennedy's Senate move?
(a) Herbert Hoover became president of the FBI.
(b) Joe McCarthy gained popularity.
(c) The Committee focused on investigations instead of prosecutions.
(d) Labor got along well with the government.

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

4. Who was a staunch Democrat in an era of Republican dominance?
(a) Walter Reuther.
(b) Jason Fried.
(c) Jimmy Hoffa.
(d) Joe McCarthy.

5. Who died in a plane crash when Robert Kennedy married?
(a) Rosemary Eunice.
(b) Rose Hoover.
(c) Ethel Skakel.
(d) Kathleen Kennedy.

Short Answer Questions

1. With whom did Robert Kennedy travel in the 1950s to the Soviet Union?

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

3. What did the Asian countries yearn to be free of?

4. Whose Senate campaign did Robert Kennedy manage?

5. What party did Adlai Stevenson belong to?

(see the answer key)

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