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

2. What did the Asian countries yearn to be free of?
(a) Southern insurgents.
(b) Communist influence.
(c) Violent anarchists.
(d) European imperialism.

3. Who led the United Automobile Workers (UAW)?
(a) Jimmy Hoffa.
(b) Joe McCarthy.
(c) Herbert Hoover.
(d) Walter Reuther.

4. Who married a banking millionaire and had nine children?
(a) Rose Fitzgerald.
(b) Joseph Kennedy.
(c) Joseph McCarthy.
(d) Eunice Hoover.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What discouraged Robert Kennedy during his work in the Justice Department?

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

3. Who did John F. Kennedy run against in the 1960 presidential primary?

4. What event in Wisconsin invoked the ire of Republicans?

5. Who witnessed poverty firsthand and saw postwar devastation in Europe?

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