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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 17-18: The Politics of Justice; Justice and Poverty.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What dilemma faced the Justice Department when civil rights leaders in the South were brutalized?
(a) How to enforce constitutional law without a national police force.
(b) How to create laws.
(c) How to convince Southern leaders to accept black justices.
(d) How to bring equal employment to the South.

3. What change occurred in the Investigations Committee as a direct result of John F. Kennedy's Senate move?
(a) The Committee focused on investigations instead of prosecutions.
(b) Herbert Hoover became president of the FBI.
(c) Labor got along well with the government.
(d) Joe McCarthy gained popularity.

4. Who was a staunch Democrat in an era of Republican dominance?
(a) Walter Reuther.
(b) Jason Fried.
(c) Joe McCarthy.
(d) Jimmy Hoffa.

5. Which son died in an explosion over France during the 1950s?
(a) Robert F.
(b) John F.
(c) Patrick F.
(d) Joe Jr.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Robert Kennedy discover about the Teamsters Union's president?

2. Who was the first Black justice official appointed by the Attorney General?

3. Who did Robert Kennedy work within New York to build a model community program?

4. What did Robert Kennedy find about the comparative treatment of individuals in the court system?

5. What region of the world resented American interference to assist French armed forces?

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