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

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

3. Who witnessed poverty firsthand and saw postwar devastation in Europe?
(a) Herbert Hoover.
(b) Robert McAllister.
(c) Thomas Gould.
(d) Robert F. Kennedy.

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

5. With whom did Robert Kennedy travel in the 1950s to the Soviet Union?
(a) Joe McCarthy.
(b) John F. Kennedy.
(c) Justice Douglas.
(d) Jimmy Hoffa.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which child of the Kennedy clan had a mental disease?

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

4. Whose Vice-Presidential bid failed in 1956?

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

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