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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Halberstam say was the result of the Chinese Revolution and the McCarthy period?
(a) The U.S. took an aggressive stance toward Communism.
(b) The U.S. sought out diplomatic solutions.
(c) The U.S. took pre-emptive action against Communism.
(d) The U.S. strengthened trade ties in Europe.

2. What does Halberstam say Americans were disunited about in the early 1960s?
(a) How to reduce nuclear weapons.
(b) How to balance the budget.
(c) How to go about fighting Communism.
(d) How to establish peace.

3. Why hadn't Roosevelt stopped the French from returning to Indochina after the war, in Halberstam's account?
(a) He did not have the authority to.
(b) There was no post-war plan to prevent them.
(c) He needed France for its support of American monetary policy.
(d) He could not get a censure from the United Nations.

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

5. What rule does Halberstam say Kennedy was following in trying to appoint a Secretary of State?
(a) Someone who didn't look back at bad decisions, but plowed ahead.
(b) Someone who had learned from his mistakes and had diplomatic experience.
(c) Someone who had a strong intuition.
(d) Someone who had not made many mistakes or offended too many people.

Short Answer Questions

1. What issue did Joseph McCarthy use to energize voters?

2. Why didn't Kennedy offer the position of Secretary of State to David Bruce?

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

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

5. How does Halberstam say Dean Rusk felt about his interview with Kennedy for the Secretary of State job?

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