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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Joe McCarthy gained popularity.
(c) Herbert Hoover became president of the FBI.
(d) Labor got along well with the government.

2. Who wanted to immediately take action to retaliate against the placement of missiles in Cuba?
(a) Pentagon.
(b) Hawks.
(c) Doves.
(d) CIA.

3. Which organization worked outside the confines and control of any governmental branch or agency?
(a) Civil rights.
(b) Pentagon.
(c) CIA.
(d) FBI.

4. Who wanted a blockade and negotiation with Cuba when they heard about the missiles?
(a) Doves.
(b) Pentagon.
(c) CIA.
(d) Hawks.

5. Why did Robert Kennedy spearhead covert negotiations with Castro?
(a) For access to Soviet missiles.
(b) To gain the release of American prisoners.
(c) For access to drugs.
(d) For building a defense base.

6. Who did the most notorious anti-trust case to come under investigation involve?
(a) Six steel companies.
(b) Automobile workers.
(c) Paper mill companies.
(d) Telephone companies.

7. What organization was created to support American foreign policy in the 1960s?
(a) World Council on Hunger.
(b) Peace Corps.
(c) United Nations.
(d) IMF.

8. What was American policy in the emerging nations of Asia and Africa?
(a) To wage war against despots.
(b) To overthrow existing governments.
(c) To prevent the spread of communism.
(d) To spread democracy.

9. Who did Robert Kennedy work within New York to build a model community program?
(a) David Hackett.
(b) William Orrick.
(c) Bobby Barkeley.
(d) Joe McCarthy.

10. Whose Senate campaign did Robert Kennedy manage?
(a) John F. Kennedy.
(b) Kathleen McAllister.
(c) Margaret Eunice.
(d) Rose Hoover.

11. What role was Robert F. Kenned a great choice for but hesitant to take on for fear of nepotism?
(a) Attorney General.
(b) President.
(c) Vice-President.
(d) Supreme Court Judge.

12. What was on the mind of Americans when John Kennedy was elected as President?
(a) Fascism.
(b) Cold War.
(c) Post-industrial boom.
(d) World War II.

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

14. In his role in the Senate Investigations Committee, what did Robert Kennedy gain a reputation for being?
(a) A skilled and thorough investigator.
(b) A wimp.
(c) A liar.
(d) A troublemaker.

15. Who married a banking millionaire and had nine children?
(a) Joseph Kennedy.
(b) Eunice Hoover.
(c) Joseph McCarthy.
(d) Rose Fitzgerald.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did Robert Kennedy marry?

2. What disastrous incident failed miserably in Cuba and resulted in the death of numerous invading troops?

3. Who was President of the Teamsters Union?

4. What were two measures the Attorney General Robert Kennedy took to repair inequality in the court system?

5. What organizations had numerous opponents to John Kennedy's foreign policy?

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