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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 19-22: The Kennedys and the Cold War; the CIA and Counterinsurgency; The Cuban Connection: I; Robert Kennedy and the Missile Crisis.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who died in a plane crash when Robert Kennedy married?
(a) Kathleen Kennedy.
(b) Rose Hoover.
(c) Rosemary Eunice.
(d) Ethel Skakel.

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

3. Who scared away most witnesses from testifying against him?
(a) Herbert Hoover.
(b) Walter Reuther.
(c) Jimmy Hoffa.
(d) Joe McCarthy.

4. What immigrants were not popular in the 1800s in America?
(a) French.
(b) German.
(c) Irish.
(d) English.

5. What was American policy in the emerging nations of Asia and Africa?
(a) To prevent the spread of communism.
(b) To wage war against despots.
(c) To spread democracy.
(d) To overthrow existing governments.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who witnessed poverty firsthand and saw postwar devastation in Europe?

2. Who was murdered during the admittance of black students into college in Alabama?

3. When Robert Kennedy began a career in the Justice Department, what was his family life like?

4. What did the Asian countries yearn to be free of?

5. What party did Adlai Stevenson belong to?

(see the answer key)

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