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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) Strom Thurmond of Georgia and Clint Black of Florida.
(b) Taylor Manning of Tennessee and Roy Chace of South Carolina.
(c) Ross Barnett of Alabama and George Wallace of Mississippi.
(d) Ross Barnett of Mississippi and George Wallace of Alabama.

2. Who was appointed ambassador to England?
(a) Edward Kennedy.
(b) Rose McAllister.
(c) Joe Kennedy.
(d) Patrick Fitzgerald.

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

4. What were two measures the Attorney General Robert Kennedy took to repair inequality in the court system?
(a) He encouraged rehabilitation and separating the youth from hardened criminals.
(b) He encouraged the use of death penalty and waterboarding.
(c) He built bigger, stronger prisons.
(d) He removed the need for lawyers and bail in all cases.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Robert Kennedy think were the two reasons for juvenile delinquency?

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

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

4. Who married a banking millionaire and had nine children?

5. With whom did Robert Kennedy travel in the 1950s to the Soviet Union?

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