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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 disastrous incident failed miserably in Cuba and resulted in the death of numerous invading troops?
(a) Bay of Pigs.
(b) Port de Santiago.
(c) Capturing the citadel.
(d) Hasta Luego.

2. How did the American government sully its reputation abroad during the 1960s?
(a) By refusing to engage in war.
(b) By refusing to compromise beliefs.
(c) By advocating democracy.
(d) By offering aid to despotic governments.

3. What change occurred in the Investigations Committee as a direct result of John F. Kennedy's Senate move?
(a) Herbert Hoover became president of the FBI.
(b) The Committee focused on investigations instead of prosecutions.
(c) Labor got along well with the government.
(d) Joe McCarthy gained popularity.

4. Where did Robert Kennedy research poverty?
(a) In the library.
(b) In a law firm.
(c) In the courtroom.
(d) Urban ghettos.

5. Who embarked upon a witch hunt to expel Communists from America?
(a) Jimmy Hoffa.
(b) John Kennedy.
(c) Herbert Hoover.
(d) Joe McCarthy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What dilemma faced the Justice Department when civil rights leaders in the South were brutalized?

2. Who placed nuclear missiles on Cuban soil in the 1960s?

3. What party did Adlai Stevenson belong to?

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

5. Where did the Kennedy own homes?

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