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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 26-29: Corridors of Grief; Stranger in a Strange Land; The Vice Presidency; To the Senate.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was President of the Teamsters Union?
(a) Herbert Hoover.
(b) Joe McCarthy.
(c) Jimmy Hoffa.
(d) Walter Reuther.

2. What was on the mind of Americans when John Kennedy was elected as President?
(a) Post-industrial boom.
(b) Cold War.
(c) Fascism.
(d) World War II.

3. What did staunch conservatives want John F. Kennedy to do regarding foreign policy?
(a) Offer a peaceful treaty to Soviet Union.
(b) Offer a strong military response to Communism.
(c) Step down.
(d) Concede defeat to anarchists.

4. What apathetic division of the Justice department did Robert Kennedy try to change?
(a) The anti-trust division.
(b) The social services division.
(c) The criminal justice division.
(d) The special services division.

5. What was the policy of diplomacy ascribed to by Robert and John Kennedy?
(a) Unilateral support of dictators.
(b) Action diplomacy.
(c) Zero negotiations.
(d) Installation of puppet regimes.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who wanted to immediately take action to retaliate against the placement of missiles in Cuba?

2. What was Robert Kennedy's margin when he won a Senate seat in New York?

3. Where did Robert Kennedy research poverty?

4. Why did John Kennedy travel to Texas in November 1963?

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

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