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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 did America have to do to prevent the rise of Communism?
(a) Install a puppet regime in Indochina.
(b) Become more involved in world affairs.
(c) Give away land.
(d) Lead insurgent armies.

2. Who traveled to Asia and witnessed the new nationalism arising in those countries?
(a) John and Robert Kennedy.
(b) Patrick and John Kennedy.
(c) Herbert and Rose Hoover.
(d) Kathleen and Margaret Eunice.

3. Whose Vice-Presidential bid failed in 1956?
(a) Patrick Kennedy.
(b) Herbert Hoover.
(c) John F. Kennedy.
(d) Joe McCarthy.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When Robert Kennedy began a career in the Justice Department, what was his family life like?

3. Which two governors openly defied the 1954 Brown vs. Board of Education?

4. Which issue did Robert Kennedy think posed the greatest threat facing the nation?

5. What did John F. Kennedy succeed in achieving as a Senator?

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