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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did some Americans believe that staying in Vietnam was important?
(a) To stop civil war in America.
(b) To build bigger American corporations.
(c) To win the popular vote.
(d) To prevent the spread of Communism.

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

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

4. What conclusion did Robert Kennedy come to after his Latin American trip?
(a) That the administration would have to pick and choose what problems to address.
(b) That they should bring in troops.
(c) That they should concede defeat to Communist dictators.
(d) That Latin America was too difficult to deal with.

5. Who resigned as Attorney General in 1964?
(a) Robert Kennedy.
(b) Lyndon B. Johnson.
(c) James Erwin.
(d) Herbert Hoover.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who provided the American ground troops for Vietnam?

2. When Robert Kennedy announced his Presidential candidacy in 1968, what happened within his own party?

3. Who ran on the political platform of ending the war in 1968?

4. What incident occurred in 1968 in Vietnam that antagonized public opinion toward Johnson?

5. What did Robert Kennedy find unbearable in the 1960s?

Short Essay Questions

1. How was Diem ousted by power, and what did the American military do after the dictator was removed?

2. What was happening in Indochina in the 1960s?

3. Why was Robert Kennedy labeled a "reformer" during the Vietnam War?

4. What was happening to the American people as the Vietnam War dragged on?

5. Where did Cesar Chavez take Robert Kennedy, and what effect did it have on Kennedy?

6. What difficult decision did Robert Kennedy take after the Tet Offensive?

7. How did Robert Kennedy differ from the American military community in his view of what the country needed to focus on for peace and prosperity?

8. What did Robert Kennedy do to improve American foreign policy in 1963?

9. How did Robert Kennedy differ from Lyndon B. Johnson on national issues?

10. How did Johnson use Robert Kennedy's popularity as Attorney General for his own gain?

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