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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 34-35: Time of Troubles; Tribune of the Underclass.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Robert Kennedy vehemently oppose as it escalated by 1967?
(a) Vietnam War.
(b) Alliance for Progress.
(c) Cuban Missile Crisis.
(d) Soviet invasion.

2. What policy did the U.S. government take in 1962-3 towards preventing the spread of Communism abroad?
(a) Sending aid to growing nations.
(b) Sending off troops to Africa.
(c) Sending off troops to Asia.
(d) Building a gigantic wall in Cuba.

3. Where did many migrant workers in America during the late 1960s live?
(a) Under railroads.
(b) Cars and buses.
(c) On rooftops.
(d) In apartments.

4. After the Bay of Pigs Incident, how did American politicians differ on what to do next?
(a) Conservatives pressed for an all out invasion while Robert Kennedy was concerned with securing the release of American prisoners.
(b) Liberals encouraged the use of arms while conservatives proposed an air strike.
(c) Joe McCarthy won support among conservatives to run against Robert Kennedy as Attorney General.
(d) Conservatives wanted to overthrow the Kennedy administration while liberals wanted to send a diplomatic mission to Cuba.

5. Who provided the American ground troops for Vietnam?
(a) America's poor.
(b) Corporations.
(c) America's elite Ivy League school graduates.
(d) Republican party officials.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Hoover get most of his information about organized crime?

2. Which two offices did the FBI director covertly oppose?

3. Which institution opposed the changes happening in the Justice Department?

4. Who had terrifying power as the head of the FBI?

5. How did Robert Kennedy secure the release American prisoners in the early 1960s?

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