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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. Where did Hoover get most of his information about organized crime?
(a) Videotapes.
(b) Secret observers.
(c) Infiltration.
(d) Bugging.
2. What conclusion did Robert Kennedy come to after his Latin American trip?
(a) That they should bring in troops.
(b) That they should concede defeat to Communist dictators.
(c) That the administration would have to pick and choose what problems to address.
(d) That Latin America was too difficult to deal with.
3. How did Robert Kennedy secure the release American prisoners in the early 1960s?
(a) Through a submarine.
(b) Through an air attack.
(c) Through bombing Cuba.
(d) Through secret negotations with Castro.
4. What did Robert Kennedy discover during his travel to Latin America to garner support for the Alliance for Progress?
(a) There is a lot of Anti-American sentiment among the people of these nations.
(b) The FBI was working with the CIA to undermine the Alliance for Progress.
(c) The Soviet Union was secretly overtaking many governments in Latin America.
(d) The Alliance for Progress is run by a Communist dictator.
5. 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) Joe McCarthy won support among conservatives to run against Robert Kennedy as Attorney General.
(c) Conservatives wanted to overthrow the Kennedy administration while liberals wanted to send a diplomatic mission to Cuba.
(d) Liberals encouraged the use of arms while conservatives proposed an air strike.
Short Answer Questions
1. What did Robert Kennedy see on reservations in the 1960s?
2. What was one of the first actions taken by the new Attorney General for the Kennedy administration?
3. Who began to study the migrant poor in America in the late 1960s?
4. What did Robert Kennedy call the shame of poverty?
5. Which two offices did the FBI director covertly oppose?
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