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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 did Robert Kennedy warn against in Latin America when Johnson became President?
(a) The growth of Communism.
(b) The violent revolution sponsored by the Johnson administration.
(c) The decline of Castro.
(d) The popularity of oligarchical leaders.

2. Who signed a limited test ban treaty in 1963?
(a) United States and the Soviet Union.
(b) Cuba and the Soviet Union.
(c) Cuba and Vietnam.
(d) United States and Vietnam.

3. What two issues did Robert Kennedy choose to address from 1963 onwards?
(a) Destitution and rape.
(b) Poverty and civil rights.
(c) Juvenile delinquency and crime.
(d) Murder and disenfranchisement.

4. What immigrants were not popular in the 1800s in America?
(a) English.
(b) German.
(c) Irish.
(d) French.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Robert Kennedy's margin when he won a Senate seat in New York?

2. In what five areas was civil rights legislation enforced?

3. Who did Robert Kennedy appoint to investigate anti-trust violations?

4. What organizations had numerous opponents to John Kennedy's foreign policy?

5. During the 1960s, what emerged as the primary U.S. goal with foreign relations?

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