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

2. Which two governors openly defied the 1954 Brown vs. Board of Education?
(a) Strom Thurmond of Georgia and Clint Black of Florida.
(b) Ross Barnett of Alabama and George Wallace of Mississippi.
(c) Taylor Manning of Tennessee and Roy Chace of South Carolina.
(d) Ross Barnett of Mississippi and George Wallace of Alabama.

3. What discouraged Robert Kennedy during his work in the Justice Department?
(a) Joe McCarthy's popularity.
(b) Death of his brother.
(c) His inability to obtain indictments of the big players in labor and management corruption.
(d) Violation of civil rights.

4. Who wanted to immediately take action to retaliate against the placement of missiles in Cuba?
(a) Doves.
(b) Hawks.
(c) CIA.
(d) Pentagon.

5. What organizations had numerous opponents to John Kennedy's foreign policy?
(a) Pentagon and CIA.
(b) NRA and CIA.
(c) FBI and Justice Department.
(d) World Bank and IMF.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who scared away most witnesses from testifying against him?

2. What did Attorney General Robert Kennedy discover during the process of judicial appointments?

3. Who married a banking millionaire and had nine children?

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

5. What three organizations did Robert Kennedy enlist support from?

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