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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. What was a difficult decision that the Attorney General Robert Kennedy faced during judicial prosecutions?
(a) Facing corruption in their own family.
(b) Fighting insurgents.
(c) Indicting Democrats who had been loyal supporters of the Kennedy family.
(d) Compromising with Catholics.

2. During the 1960s, what emerged as the primary U.S. goal with foreign relations?
(a) To maintain regimes friendly to America.
(b) To support their governments.
(c) To fight for equality among all countries.
(d) To promote democracy.

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

4. Where did Hoover get most of his information about organized crime?
(a) Bugging.
(b) Videotapes.
(c) Infiltration.
(d) Secret observers.

5. What did John F. Kennedy succeed in achieving as a Senator?
(a) Imprisoning Walter Reuther.
(b) Demonstrating on behalf of Communists.
(c) Passage of a labor law with a secret ballot in union leadership elections.
(d) Imprisoning Jimmy Hoffa.

Short Answer Questions

1. In his role in the Senate Investigations Committee, what did Robert Kennedy gain a reputation for being?

2. Who did Robert Kennedy marry?

3. What two national issues gave the FBI director prominence?

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

5. Which two governors openly defied the 1954 Brown vs. Board of Education?

(see the answer key)

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