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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 was murdered during the admittance of black students into college in Alabama?
(a) Medger Evans.
(b) George Wallace.
(c) Rosa Parks.
(d) Robert Brown.

2. Who was a staunch Democrat in an era of Republican dominance?
(a) Jimmy Hoffa.
(b) Joe McCarthy.
(c) Jason Fried.
(d) Walter Reuther.

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

4. 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.

5. Who married a banking millionaire and had nine children?
(a) Eunice Hoover.
(b) Joseph McCarthy.
(c) Joseph Kennedy.
(d) Rose Fitzgerald.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the primary fear concerning these nations for Americans?

2. What favorite activity of Hoover's did Kennedy severely limit?

3. Which child of the Kennedy clan had a mental disease?

4. Who wanted a blockade and negotiation with Cuba when they heard about the missiles?

5. Who died in a plane crash when Robert Kennedy married?

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