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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. What party did Adlai Stevenson belong to?
(a) Republican.
(b) Progressive.
(c) Democratic.
(d) Independent.

2. When Robert Kennedy began a career in the Justice Department, what was his family life like?
(a) His wife was pregnant with their first child.
(b) He had five children.
(c) He did not have a family.
(d) His family had all died in the war.

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

4. What did John F. Kennedy succeed in achieving as a Senator?
(a) Imprisoning Jimmy Hoffa.
(b) Passage of a labor law with a secret ballot in union leadership elections.
(c) Imprisoning Walter Reuther.
(d) Demonstrating on behalf of Communists.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did Robert Kennedy marry?

2. What did America have to do to prevent the rise of Communism?

3. In his role in the Senate Investigations Committee, what did Robert Kennedy gain a reputation for being?

4. What immigrants were not popular in the 1800s in America?

5. Which son died in an explosion over France during the 1950s?

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