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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 was the hated dictator in former Indochina in the 1960s?
(a) Laos.
(b) Diem.
(c) Saigon.
(d) Ho Chi Minh.

2. What favorite activity of Hoover's did Kennedy severely limit?
(a) Concentration camps.
(b) Wiretapping.
(c) Investigative reporting.
(d) Forced imprisonment.

3. Who moved in a direction independent of the Soviet Union following the release of American prisoners in Cuba?
(a) John Kennedy.
(b) Joe McCarthy.
(c) Fidel Castro.
(d) Robert Kennedy.

4. After the Bay of Pigs Incident, how did American politicians differ on what to do next?
(a) Liberals encouraged the use of arms while conservatives proposed an air strike.
(b) Joe McCarthy won support among conservatives to run against Robert Kennedy as Attorney General.
(c) Conservatives wanted to overthrow the Kennedy administration while liberals wanted to send a diplomatic mission to Cuba.
(d) Conservatives pressed for an all out invasion while Robert Kennedy was concerned with securing the release of American prisoners.

5. Who had terrifying power as the head of the FBI?
(a) Herbert Hoover.
(b) J. Edgar Hoover.
(c) Walter Mondale.
(d) George Wallace.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is counter-insurgency?

2. Who wanted to immediately take action to retaliate against the placement of missiles in Cuba?

3. Which son died in an explosion over France during the 1950s?

4. Who was President of the Teamsters Union?

5. What organization assisted in social and economic reform in Latin America and thus prevented Communist takeovers?

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