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

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

3. What was the primary fear concerning these nations for Americans?
(a) That they would become Communist and controlled by Russia and China.
(b) That they would massacre innocent civilians.
(c) That they would pollute the earth.
(d) That they would develop nuclear arsenal.

4. Who did John F. Kennedy run against in the 1960 presidential primary?
(a) Lyndon Johnson and Hubert Humphrey.
(b) Joe McCarthy and Walter Reuther.
(c) Communists and Socialists.
(d) Robert Kennedy and Jimmy Hoffa.

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who scared away most witnesses from testifying against him?

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

3. Who traveled to Asia and witnessed the new nationalism arising in those countries?

4. What were the two major issues surrounding the John F. Kennedy bid for the presidency?

5. What did John F. Kennedy succeed in achieving as a Senator?

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