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

2. Who was paranoid about losing the election in 1964?
(a) Robert Brown.
(b) Herbert Hoover.
(c) Robert Kennedy.
(d) Lyndon B. Johnson.

3. What did Robert Kennedy promise to third-world countries?
(a) Aid.
(b) Weapons.
(c) Puppet regimes.
(d) Drugs.

4. Who did Robert Kennedy want the Americans to negotiate with in Vietnam?
(a) The Viet Cong.
(b) Haliburton.
(c) The dictator.
(d) The Russians.

5. After the landmark anti-trust case, what distinction occurred between the two political parties?
(a) The Republican party opposed civil rights legislation while the Democratic party supported it.
(b) The Republican party aligned with the military while the Democratic party advocated education.
(c) The Republican party represented business while the Democratic party represented labor.
(d) The Republican party stood for white collar work while the Democratic party stood for blue collar work.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did American political parties press for in Vietnam in the 1960s?

2. How did Hoover attempt to gain convictions of leftists?

3. Who did Robert Kennedy marry?

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

5. What did many Democrats want Robert Kennedy to do in 1964?

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