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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What relationship continued to deteriorate in 1964?
(a) Between Hoover and Hoffa.
(b) Between Lyndon B. Johnson and Robert Kennedy.
(c) Between Lyndon B. Johnson and Jimmy Hoffa.
(d) Between Robert Kennedy and Herbert Hoover.

2. What incident occurred in 1968 in Vietnam that antagonized public opinion toward Johnson?
(a) Division of Vietnam into North and South Vietnam.
(b) Tet Offensive.
(c) Arrival of Soviet troops in Miami.
(d) Murder of Joe McCarthy.

3. What became the new policy of the Johnson administration toward Latin America in the 1960s?
(a) Eradicate poverty.
(b) Create democracy.
(c) Support U.S. corporations doing business there.
(d) Overthrow governments.

4. Who began to study the migrant poor in America in the late 1960s?
(a) Cesar Chavez.
(b) Donald Trump.
(c) Herbert Humphrey.
(d) Robert Kennedy.

5. What did Robert Kennedy see on reservations in the 1960s?
(a) Industry.
(b) Hopelessness.
(c) Large casinos.
(d) Prosperity.

6. Who was exempted from the mandatory 70-year old retirement in 1964?
(a) Hoover.
(b) Brown.
(c) Kennedy.
(d) Johnson.

7. What happened to Vietnam when Indochina broke up into four countries?
(a) Vietnam was assimilated into Communist China.
(b) Vietman was rife with anarchy.
(c) Vietnam was divided into Communist North and Non-Communist South.
(d) Vietnam was bombed.

8. After the Bay of Pigs Incident, how did American politicians differ on what to do next?
(a) Joe McCarthy won support among conservatives to run against Robert Kennedy as Attorney General.
(b) Conservatives wanted to overthrow the Kennedy administration while liberals wanted to send a diplomatic mission to Cuba.
(c) Liberals encouraged the use of arms while conservatives proposed an air strike.
(d) Conservatives pressed for an all out invasion while Robert Kennedy was concerned with securing the release of American prisoners.

9. Who moved in a direction independent of the Soviet Union following the release of American prisoners in Cuba?
(a) John Kennedy.
(b) Fidel Castro.
(c) Robert Kennedy.
(d) Joe McCarthy.

10. What did Robert Kennedy discover about the FBI and the CIA after the assassination of the President?
(a) That they had withheld information from the Warren Commission.
(b) That they were friends with Fidel Castro.
(c) That they were Communist.
(d) That they were one organization.

11. When Robert Kennedy announced his Presidential candidacy in 1968, what happened within his own party?
(a) He won everyone over to his side.
(b) It broke up.
(c) It merged with the Socialist party.
(d) He ran against the incumbent who was from the same party.

12. Who ran on the political platform of ending the war in 1968?
(a) James Kirk.
(b) Eugene McCarthy.
(c) Robert Kennedy.
(d) Joe McCarthy.

13. What two issues did Robert Kennedy choose to address from 1963 onwards?
(a) Juvenile delinquency and crime.
(b) Poverty and civil rights.
(c) Destitution and rape.
(d) Murder and disenfranchisement.

14. How many American troops were in Vietnam in 1968?
(a) 50,000.
(b) 100,000.
(c) 525,000.
(d) 10,000.

15. Why did John Kennedy travel to Texas in November 1963?
(a) To meet with Lyndon B. Johnson.
(b) To visit his grandmother.
(c) To start the Vietnam War.
(d) To promote himself and fellow elected officials to the public.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Robert Kennedy discover during his travel to Latin America to garner support for the Alliance for Progress?

2. Who resigned as Attorney General in 1964?

3. What did Robert Kennedy call the shame of poverty?

4. What gained popularity in Vietnam in the 1960s?

5. Where did many migrant workers in America during the late 1960s live?

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