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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. Who failed to ask enough questions as a political leader during the insurgency in Vietnam?
(a) Cabot Lodge.
(b) President Kennedy.
(c) President Johnson.
(d) Robert Kennedy.

2. What policy did the U.S. government take in 1962-3 towards preventing the spread of Communism abroad?
(a) Sending aid to growing nations.
(b) Sending off troops to Africa.
(c) Sending off troops to Asia.
(d) Building a gigantic wall in Cuba.

3. When Robert Kennedy returned to the Justice Department after the death of his brother, who did he find in charge?
(a) Steve Moody.
(b) George Wallace.
(c) Lyndon B. Johnson.
(d) Robert Brown.

4. What did Attorney General Robert Kennedy discover during the process of judicial appointments?
(a) Impossible to please the Southern Democrats.
(b) Civil rights legislation had to be paramount.
(c) The need to compromise and make deals.
(d) Irreconcilable differences in parties.

5. Who was President of the Teamsters Union?
(a) Herbert Hoover.
(b) Jimmy Hoffa.
(c) Joe McCarthy.
(d) Walter Reuther.

Short Answer Questions

1. What became the new policy of the Johnson administration toward Latin America in the 1960s?

2. ______________ was Irish, an ardent anti-Communist, and liked by the Kennedy family initially.

3. What did Robert Kennedy find out when he traveled to Latin America?

4. Who had terrifying power as the head of the FBI?

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

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