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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. When Robert Kennedy announced his Presidential candidacy in 1968, what happened within his own party?
(a) He won everyone over to his side.
(b) It broke up.
(c) He ran against the incumbent who was from the same party.
(d) It merged with the Socialist party.

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

3. What military initiative served to make a new political candidate popular?
(a) Nguyen's secret military coup of Saigon.
(b) Panama cocaine seizure.
(c) CIA attack in Cuba.
(d) Tet Offensive.

4. What did Robert Kennedy try to do to help the poor in America?
(a) Segregate them.
(b) Offer them housing alternatives.
(c) Bring them into the mainstream of an abundant society.
(d) Put them on islands far away from urban centers.

5. What conclusion did Robert Kennedy come to after his Latin American trip?
(a) That they should concede defeat to Communist dictators.
(b) That Latin America was too difficult to deal with.
(c) That they should bring in troops.
(d) That the administration would have to pick and choose what problems to address.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was exempted from the mandatory 70-year old retirement in 1964?

2. Why did Robert Kennedy spearhead covert negotiations with Castro?

3. Who convinced an American President to invade Cuba in the 1960s?

4. What did Johnson want to use Robert Kennedy for?

5. Who ran on the political platform of ending the war in 1968?

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