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

2. What were the two major issues surrounding the John F. Kennedy bid for the presidency?
(a) Communism and labor rights.
(b) Catholicism and civil rights.
(c) War and anarchy.
(d) Socialism and green economics.

3. What event in Wisconsin invoked the ire of Republicans?
(a) Unfair labor practices.
(b) Communist demonstrations.
(c) Bargaining on behalf of the company.
(d) The worker strike against Kohler plumbing.

4. Whose Vice-Presidential bid failed in 1956?
(a) Joe McCarthy.
(b) Patrick Kennedy.
(c) John F. Kennedy.
(d) Herbert Hoover.

5. In his role in the Senate Investigations Committee, what did Robert Kennedy gain a reputation for being?
(a) A troublemaker.
(b) A wimp.
(c) A liar.
(d) A skilled and thorough investigator.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose Senate campaign did Robert Kennedy manage?

2. Where did the Kennedy own homes?

3. What did Robert Kennedy study at Harvard?

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

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

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