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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 9-10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why didn't Kennedy offer the position of Secretary of State to J. William Fulbright?
(a) Fulbright was too old and conservative.
(b) Fublright was too young and inexperienced.
(c) Fulbright had some unresolved scandals in his past.
(d) Fulbright did not have the support of Negroes or Jews.

2. What was Kennedy's relationship with the press during his presidential campaign?
(a) He had a number of hostile enemies in the press.
(b) He had to quash a few stories that were critical to his campaign.
(c) He had the support of most of the press.
(d) He had a contentious relationship with the press.

3. What did the Geneva Convention decide in Vietnam?
(a) It sanctioned the north for its attacks on the south.
(b) It determined how prisoners of war would be exchanged.
(c) It divided the country in two, a north and a south.
(d) It established a procedure for holding elections.

4. What did Kennedy represent to Eleanor Roosevelt's followers?
(a) The new breed.
(b) Foreigners.
(c) Businessmen.
(d) Old guard.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Halberstam say Americans were united about in the early 1960s?

2. Why didn't Kennedy offer the position of Secretary of State to McGeorge Bundy?

3. Whom did Kennedy want to act as Secretary of State?

4. What does Halberstam say Americans were disunited about in the early 1960s?

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

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