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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. What was one of the first actions taken by the new Attorney General for the Kennedy administration?
(a) To make the Justice Department less formal and holding meetings with virtually all employees.
(b) To build bigger prisons.
(c) To put Cuban revolutionists into prison.
(d) To outlaw the Confederate flag.

2. What payments were made to the Cuban dictator to release prisoners?
(a) Transfer of authority over waterways.
(b) Gold and silver.
(c) Gold and cash.
(d) Food, money, and drugs.

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

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

5. Who convinced an American President to invade Cuba in the 1960s?
(a) Fidel Castro.
(b) CIA.
(c) Robert Kennedy.
(d) Jorge Guerra.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Southern conservatives call the administration in 1964?

2. Where did Robert Kennedy get a position because of his father's influence?

3. What three organizations did Robert Kennedy enlist support from?

4. What change occurred in the Investigations Committee as a direct result of John F. Kennedy's Senate move?

5. Who fed rumors to Johnson about Robert Kennedy?

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