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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 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) Labor got along well with the government.
(c) The Committee focused on investigations instead of prosecutions.
(d) Joe McCarthy gained popularity.

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

3. Whose Senate campaign did Robert Kennedy manage?
(a) John F. Kennedy.
(b) Kathleen McAllister.
(c) Rose Hoover.
(d) Margaret Eunice.

4. Where did the Kennedy own homes?
(a) New York, Boston, and San Francisco.
(b) Hyannis Port, Palm Beach, and Bronxville.
(c) Hilton Head, Charlottesville, and St. Thomas.
(d) Bermuda, Charleston, and Boston.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did Robert Kennedy marry?

2. Whose Vice-Presidential bid failed in 1956?

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

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

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

(see the answer key)

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