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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. Which issue did Robert Kennedy think posed the greatest threat facing the nation?
(a) Civil rights.
(b) Communism.
(c) Narcotics.
(d) Organized crime.

2. What did Robert Kennedy find was a frequent result of poverty?
(a) Juvenile deliquency.
(b) Theft.
(c) Depression.
(d) Armed robbery.

3. What did Attorney General Robert Kennedy discover during the process of judicial appointments?
(a) Civil rights legislation had to be paramount.
(b) Impossible to please the Southern Democrats.
(c) Irreconcilable differences in parties.
(d) The need to compromise and make deals.

4. What favorite activity of Hoover's did Kennedy severely limit?
(a) Forced imprisonment.
(b) Wiretapping.
(c) Investigative reporting.
(d) Concentration camps.

5. Whose Senate campaign did Robert Kennedy manage?
(a) Margaret Eunice.
(b) Kathleen McAllister.
(c) Rose Hoover.
(d) John F. Kennedy.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which institution opposed the changes happening in the Justice Department?

2. Who embarked upon a witch hunt to expel Communists from America?

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

4. Who was appointed ambassador to England?

5. Who did John F. Kennedy run against in the 1960 presidential primary?

(see the answer key)

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