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QuizMultiple Choice

History of Federal Law Enforcement

Question 7 • Introduction to Law, Public Safety, Corrections, and Security

The first director of the FBI was _____.

Answer
A
Janet Reno
B
Elliot Ness
C
J. Edgar Hoover
D
Eric Holder

Explanation

J. Edgar Hoover was the FBI’s first director. He became director in 1924 and led the bureau until 1972. Janet Reno and Eric Holder served as U.S. attorneys general, while Elliot Ness was a law-enforcement agent, not the FBI’s first director.

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