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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 three organizations did Robert Kennedy enlist support from?
(a) Bureau of Narcotics, IRS, and the Interstate Commerce Commission.
(b) UNICEF, World Bank, and IMF.
(c) NRDC, EPA, and Security Commission.
(d) FBI, CIA, and Pentagon.

2. Who married a banking millionaire and had nine children?
(a) Joseph Kennedy.
(b) Joseph McCarthy.
(c) Rose Fitzgerald.
(d) Eunice Hoover.

3. What did the Asian countries yearn to be free of?
(a) Violent anarchists.
(b) European imperialism.
(c) Communist influence.
(d) Southern insurgents.

4. Who was murdered during the admittance of black students into college in Alabama?
(a) Medger Evans.
(b) George Wallace.
(c) Robert Brown.
(d) Rosa Parks.

5. What was one of the first actions taken by the new Attorney General for the Kennedy administration?
(a) To outlaw the Confederate flag.
(b) To build bigger prisons.
(c) To make the Justice Department less formal and holding meetings with virtually all employees.
(d) To put Cuban revolutionists into prison.

Short Answer Questions

1. What change occurred in the Investigations Committee as a direct result of John F. Kennedy's Senate move?

2. What two national issues gave the FBI director prominence?

3. Who did John F. Kennedy run against in the 1960 presidential primary?

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

5. Who had terrifying power as the head of the FBI?

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