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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 30-33: The Foreign Policy Breach: Latin America; Vietnam Legacy; The Breach Widens: Vietnam; The Breach Widens: South Africa, New York.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What gained popularity in Vietnam in the 1960s?
(a) Guerilla warfare.
(b) Food camps.
(c) Communism.
(d) Death camps.

2. What did Robert Kennedy openly criticize about American policy in Vietnam?
(a) Failure to hold negotiations and lack of reform in South Vietnam.
(b) Failure to overthrow the Communists.
(c) Inability to quickly win the war.
(d) Lack of support from the locals.

3. What did American political parties press for in Vietnam in the 1960s?
(a) Negotiations.
(b) Ground troops.
(c) Ceasefire.
(d) Helicopters.

4. How did Robert Kennedy secure the release American prisoners in the early 1960s?
(a) Through bombing Cuba.
(b) Through a submarine.
(c) Through secret negotations with Castro.
(d) Through an air attack.

5. Whose Vice-Presidential bid failed in 1956?
(a) Patrick Kennedy.
(b) Joe McCarthy.
(c) John F. Kennedy.
(d) Herbert Hoover.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What payments were made to the Cuban dictator to release prisoners?

3. Under what president had the Pentagon grown very popular prior to John Kennedy assuming office?

4. Who was the first Black justice official appointed by the Attorney General?

5. What did Robert Kennedy find unbearable in the 1960s?

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