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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) UNICEF, World Bank, and IMF.
(b) FBI, CIA, and Pentagon.
(c) NRDC, EPA, and Security Commission.
(d) Bureau of Narcotics, IRS, and the Interstate Commerce Commission.

2. What favorite activity of Hoover's did Kennedy severely limit?
(a) Investigative reporting.
(b) Forced imprisonment.
(c) Wiretapping.
(d) Concentration camps.

3. What organization assisted in social and economic reform in Latin America and thus prevented Communist takeovers?
(a) CIA.
(b) Alliance for Progress.
(c) FBI.
(d) Treasury Department.

4. After riots in 1967, where did President Johnson's focus shift?
(a) Housing.
(b) Economy.
(c) Internal security and crime control.
(d) Civil rights.

5. How did Hoover attempt to gain convictions of leftists?
(a) Through hard facts.
(b) Through investigative hearings.
(c) Through innuendos and associations.
(d) Through forced imprisonment.

Short Answer Questions

1. What operation launched by the CIA in Cuba also met with disastrous results?

2. What dilemma faced the Justice Department when civil rights leaders in the South were brutalized?

3. Which organization worked outside the confines and control of any governmental branch or agency?

4. In what five areas was civil rights legislation enforced?

5. Where did many migrant workers in America during the late 1960s live?

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