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

2. Who scared away most witnesses from testifying against him?
(a) Walter Reuther.
(b) Joe McCarthy.
(c) Herbert Hoover.
(d) Jimmy Hoffa.

3. When Robert Kennedy began a career in the Justice Department, what was his family life like?
(a) He had five children.
(b) His wife was pregnant with their first child.
(c) He did not have a family.
(d) His family had all died in the war.

4. What region of the world resented American interference to assist French armed forces?
(a) Indochina.
(b) Philippines.
(c) Australia.
(d) Fiji.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Hoover attempt to gain convictions of leftists?

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

3. What party did Adlai Stevenson belong to?

4. What did the Asian countries yearn to be free of?

5. In what five areas was civil rights legislation enforced?

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