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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 two national issues gave the FBI director prominence?
(a) Civil unrest and anarchy.
(b) War and starvation.
(c) Global genocide and environmental catastrophes.
(d) Communism and Naziism.

2. What immigrants were not popular in the 1800s in America?
(a) English.
(b) German.
(c) Irish.
(d) French.

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

4. What was a major area of contention between Hoover and Robert Kennedy?
(a) Civil rights.
(b) Communists.
(c) Catholicism.
(d) Anarchy.

5. What discouraged Robert Kennedy during his work in the Justice Department?
(a) Violation of civil rights.
(b) Death of his brother.
(c) His inability to obtain indictments of the big players in labor and management corruption.
(d) Joe McCarthy's popularity.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who did Robert Kennedy marry?

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

4. Who was appointed ambassador to England?

5. What did Robert Kennedy study at Harvard?

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