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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 11-16: To the Department of Justice; the Pursuit of Justice: J. Edgar Hoover; The Pursuit of Justice: The Mob; The Pursuit of Justice: Civil Rights; The Pursuit of Justice: Ross Barnett and George Wallace; The Pursuit of Justice: Martin Luther K.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What favorite activity of Hoover's did Kennedy severely limit?
(a) Investigative reporting.
(b) Forced imprisonment.
(c) Wiretapping.
(d) Concentration camps.

2. Who had terrifying power as the head of the FBI?
(a) Herbert Hoover.
(b) Walter Mondale.
(c) J. Edgar Hoover.
(d) George Wallace.

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

4. What did John F. Kennedy succeed in achieving as a Senator?
(a) Imprisoning Walter Reuther.
(b) Demonstrating on behalf of Communists.
(c) Imprisoning Jimmy Hoffa.
(d) Passage of a labor law with a secret ballot in union leadership elections.

5. What did Robert Kennedy discover about the Teamsters Union's president?
(a) The president went to Vietnam to raise civil unrest.
(b) The president started anarchist demonstrations.
(c) The president was responsible for the assassination of diplomats.
(d) Hoffa was involved with organized crime.

Short Answer Questions

1. What party did Adlai Stevenson belong to?

2. Which institution opposed the changes happening in the Justice Department?

3. What role was Robert F. Kenned a great choice for but hesitant to take on for fear of nepotism?

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

5. Which two offices did the FBI director covertly oppose?

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