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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 three organizations did Robert Kennedy enlist support from?
(a) NRDC, EPA, and Security Commission.
(b) FBI, CIA, and Pentagon.
(c) UNICEF, World Bank, and IMF.
(d) Bureau of Narcotics, IRS, and the Interstate Commerce Commission.

2. Which organization worked outside the confines and control of any governmental branch or agency?
(a) Pentagon.
(b) FBI.
(c) Civil rights.
(d) CIA.

3. What did Robert Kennedy see on reservations in the 1960s?
(a) Large casinos.
(b) Hopelessness.
(c) Industry.
(d) Prosperity.

4. Which institution opposed the changes happening in the Justice Department?
(a) Security Council.
(b) CIA.
(c) FBI.
(d) Pentagon.

5. In what five areas was civil rights legislation enforced?
(a) Security, commerce, research, legislation, and justice.
(b) Education, transportation, suffrage, housing, and employment.
(c) Federal parks, state parks, public buildings, airlines, and taxis.
(d) Marriage, home ownership, bus travel, shared housing, and community dining.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who provided the American ground troops for Vietnam?

2. What favorite activity of Hoover's did Kennedy severely limit?

3. What policy did the U.S. government take in 1962-3 towards preventing the spread of Communism abroad?

4. What did Robert Kennedy call the shame of poverty?

5. What did Robert Kennedy try to do to help the poor in America?

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