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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 34-35: Time of Troubles; Tribune of the Underclass.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did people in America who opposed military action in Vietnam say about the developing conflict in the 1960s?
(a) That it caused civil unrest at home.
(b) That it was a civil war that did not involve the U.S.
(c) That it was important to stop to prevent the spread of Communism.
(d) That it was a strategic location to fight the Soviet Union from.

2. Who was exempted from the mandatory 70-year old retirement in 1964?
(a) Hoover.
(b) Kennedy.
(c) Brown.
(d) Johnson.

3. What was the primary fear concerning these nations for Americans?
(a) That they would become Communist and controlled by Russia and China.
(b) That they would pollute the earth.
(c) That they would massacre innocent civilians.
(d) That they would develop nuclear arsenal.

4. Instead of bombing Vietnam, what did Robert Kennedy propose?
(a) Truce.
(b) Negotiations.
(c) Leaving.
(d) Ground troop attacks.

5. What was the name of the insurgent guerrilla force in southern Vietnam in the 1960s?
(a) Viet Cong.
(b) Nguyen.
(c) Chi Minh.
(d) Diem.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did the American government sully its reputation abroad during the 1960s?

2. Why did Robert Kennedy spearhead covert negotiations with Castro?

3. What party did Adlai Stevenson belong to?

4. Who assisted in secret negotiations with Castro?

5. Which segment of the American population began to support Robert Kennedy's view of the war in 1967?

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