View a FREE sample

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 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.

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

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

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

5. Who scared away most witnesses from testifying against him?
(a) Jimmy Hoffa.
(b) Walter Reuther.
(c) Joe McCarthy.
(d) Herbert Hoover.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Robert Kennedy get a position because of his father's influence?

2. What was the primary fear concerning these nations for Americans?

3. Whose Vice-Presidential bid failed in 1956?

4. When Robert Kennedy began a career in the Justice Department, what was his family life like?

5. What did Robert Kennedy discover about the Teamsters Union's president?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 299 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample