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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 36-38: Images; The Dilemma; the Decision.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did people in America who opposed military action in Vietnam say about the developing conflict in the 1960s?
(a) That it was a civil war that did not involve the U.S.
(b) That it was a strategic location to fight the Soviet Union from.
(c) That it caused civil unrest at home.
(d) That it was important to stop to prevent the spread of Communism.

2. What did Robert Kennedy discover about the Teamsters Union's president?
(a) The president was responsible for the assassination of diplomats.
(b) The president went to Vietnam to raise civil unrest.
(c) The president started anarchist demonstrations.
(d) Hoffa was involved with organized crime.

3. What became the new policy of the Johnson administration toward Latin America in the 1960s?
(a) Overthrow governments.
(b) Create democracy.
(c) Support U.S. corporations doing business there.
(d) Eradicate poverty.

4. What was the name of the insurgent guerrilla force in southern Vietnam in the 1960s?
(a) Chi Minh.
(b) Viet Cong.
(c) Nguyen.
(d) Diem.

5. Who was the first Black justice official appointed by the Attorney General?
(a) George Wallace.
(b) Robert McAllister.
(c) Reverend Martin Luther King Jr.
(d) Burke Marshall.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who told the American public that the Americans were winning in Vietnam in 1968?

2. What did Robert Kennedy see on reservations in the 1960s?

3. What did America have to do to prevent the rise of Communism?

4. With whom did Robert Kennedy travel in the 1950s to the Soviet Union?

5. What did Robert Kennedy find about the comparative treatment of individuals in the court system?

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