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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. Which two governors openly defied the 1954 Brown vs. Board of Education?
(a) Ross Barnett of Alabama and George Wallace of Mississippi.
(b) Strom Thurmond of Georgia and Clint Black of Florida.
(c) Ross Barnett of Mississippi and George Wallace of Alabama.
(d) Taylor Manning of Tennessee and Roy Chace of South Carolina.

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

3. How did Hoover attempt to gain convictions of leftists?
(a) Through hard facts.
(b) Through innuendos and associations.
(c) Through forced imprisonment.
(d) Through investigative hearings.

4. Which institution opposed the changes happening in the Justice Department?
(a) FBI.
(b) Security Council.
(c) Pentagon.
(d) CIA.

5. Who was President of the Teamsters Union?
(a) Herbert Hoover.
(b) Jimmy Hoffa.
(c) Walter Reuther.
(d) Joe McCarthy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What dilemma faced the Justice Department when civil rights leaders in the South were brutalized?

2. What event in Wisconsin invoked the ire of Republicans?

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

4. Who did Robert Kennedy marry?

5. Who died in a plane crash when Robert Kennedy married?

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