BPHS 5

What year does Hoover name Tom White the special agent in charge of the Osage Murders?

• 1821

• 1921

• 1925

• 1918

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.1

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

What other law agency had Tom White served with?

• Oklahoma Highway Patrol

• Texas State Troopers

• Texas Rangers

• Central Intelligence Agency

Hoover did not allow the agents in the Federal Bureau of Investigation to carry guns.

• True

• False

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

Tom White was once described as "an impressive sight in his large, suede Stetson, and a plumb-line running from head to heel would touch every part of the rear of his body."

• True

• False

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

The White brothers were part of a small contingent of frontier lawmen who were known inside the bureau as the...

• Cowboys

• Rebels

• Tyrants

• Mavericks

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

What was different about Tom White and his brother Doc?

• Tom was corrupt

• Tom stayed away from danger

• Tom was reckless and involved in many shootouts

• Tom was much shorter than Doc

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

J. Edgar Hoover was a creature of the bureaucracy and considered a professional politician.

• True

• False

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.2.6

Hoover was self conscious of the following...

• His weight and intelligence

• His stutter and modest stature

• His loss of hearing and weight

• His ability to speak in public and hair loss

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

What was Hoover most concerned with as the FBI took on the case of the Osage Murders?

• Finding justice for the Osage Tribe

• Making sure the FBI was not involved in a public scandal

• Allowing Mollie to feel safe in public again

• Making sure Tom White becomes the next president

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

Who made the following statement?

"I am human enough and ambitious enough to want it."

• Hoover

• White

• Doc

• Coolidge

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.2.6