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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. Which child of the Kennedy clan had a mental disease?
(a) Jean.
(b) Eunice.
(c) Rosemary.
(d) John.

2. Who did John F. Kennedy run against in the 1960 presidential primary?
(a) Lyndon Johnson and Hubert Humphrey.
(b) Joe McCarthy and Walter Reuther.
(c) Robert Kennedy and Jimmy Hoffa.
(d) Communists and Socialists.

3. Where did Hoover get most of his information about organized crime?
(a) Bugging.
(b) Secret observers.
(c) Videotapes.
(d) Infiltration.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who traveled to Asia and witnessed the new nationalism arising in those countries?

2. What two national issues gave the FBI director prominence?

3. After the landmark anti-trust case, what distinction occurred between the two political parties?

4. Where did Robert Kennedy research poverty?

5. What did Robert Kennedy try to do to help the poor in America?

(see the answer key)

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