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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 7-8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whom did Kennedy ask to be Secretary of State instead of Adlai Stevenson?
(a) Chester Bowles.
(b) McGeorge Bundy.
(c) Dean Rusk.
(d) Robert McNamara.

2. What events does Halberstam say affected American perceptions of its global priorities?
(a) The revolution in Cuba.
(b) The tension over civil rights in America.
(c) The escalation of the Cold War and the fall of China.
(d) The agitation of labor unions in America and Europe.

3. Whose theories had been used as the basis for expanded militarization in the late 1940s?
(a) Robert McNamara's.
(b) McGeorge Bundy's.
(c) George Kennan's.
(d) Chester Bowles'.

4. What does Halberstam say Kennedy had done in response to the meeting with Russians in Vienna?
(a) He removed troops from Poland.
(b) He sent an advisory committee to Vietnam.
(c) He reduced America's nuclear arsenal.
(d) He increased troop strength in Berlin.

5. Which issue was NOT confronting the nation when the Kennedy administration took office?
(a) Civil rights.
(b) Missiles.
(c) China policy.
(d) Reconstruction.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Halberstam say was the sense in the Kennedy administration as they came into office?

2. What did the Kennedy administration represent to America?

3. What position had Robert Lovett been appointed to in 1947?

4. How does Halberstam say Lyndon Johnson felt in the Kennedy administration?

5. Which problem did NOT arise for the Kennedy administration during 1961?

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