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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. When Robert Kennedy began a career in the Justice Department, what was his family life like?
(a) He did not have a family.
(b) He had five children.
(c) His wife was pregnant with their first child.
(d) His family had all died in the war.

2. What disastrous incident failed miserably in Cuba and resulted in the death of numerous invading troops?
(a) Bay of Pigs.
(b) Hasta Luego.
(c) Port de Santiago.
(d) Capturing the citadel.

3. Which two offices did the FBI director covertly oppose?
(a) State and municipal.
(b) National defense and civil rights.
(c) Civil unions and health care.
(d) Attorney General and President.

4. According to Robert Kennedy, what needed to be addressed in America to move forward peacefully?
(a) Racial discord.
(b) Suffering.
(c) Religious strife.
(d) Disease.

5. Who embarked upon a witch hunt to expel Communists from America?
(a) Herbert Hoover.
(b) Joe McCarthy.
(c) Jimmy Hoffa.
(d) John Kennedy.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Robert Kennedy secure the release American prisoners in the early 1960s?

2. Whose Vice-Presidential bid failed in 1956?

3. Who failed to ask enough questions as a political leader during the insurgency in Vietnam?

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

5. What did Robert Kennedy promise to third-world countries?

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