Robert Kennedy and His Times Quiz

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Questions 1-5 of 25:

1.

What did staunch conservatives want John F. Kennedy to do regarding foreign policy? (from Chapters 19-22: The Kennedys and the Cold War; the CIA and Counterinsurgency; The Cuban Connection: I; Robert Kennedy and the Missile Crisis)

Offer a strong military response to Communism.

Concede defeat to anarchists.

Step down.

Offer a peaceful treaty to Soviet Union.

2.

Whose supporters lashed out at Robert Kennedy as an opportunist during the Democratic nomination? (from Chapters 39-41: The Journey Begins; The Long Day Wanes; To Sail Beyond...the Western Stars, Until I Die)

Eugene McCarthy's.

Joe McCarthy's

Hubert Humphrey's.

Lyndon B. Johnson's.

3.

Who assisted in secret negotiations with Castro? (from Chapters 23-25: The Cuban Connection II; Missions to the Third World; The Brothers II)

Vladimir Putin.

Mikhail Gorbachev.

Khruschev.

John Donovan.

4.

What did Robert Kennedy discover during his travel to Latin America to garner support for the Alliance for Progress? (from Chapters 23-25: The Cuban Connection II; Missions to the Third World; The Brothers II)

The FBI was working with the CIA to undermine the Alliance for Progress.

The Alliance for Progress is run by a Communist dictator.

The Soviet Union was secretly overtaking many governments in Latin America.

There is a lot of Anti-American sentiment among the people of these nations.

5.

Who did the most notorious anti-trust case to come under investigation involve? (from Chapters 17-18: The Politics of Justice; Justice and Poverty)

Automobile workers.

Paper mill companies.

Telephone companies.

Six steel companies.

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