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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 the CIA attempt to do to Fidel Castro and failed?
(a) Assassinate him.
(b) Educate him.
(c) Promote him.
(d) Win him over.

2. What organization was created to support American foreign policy in the 1960s?
(a) Peace Corps.
(b) World Council on Hunger.
(c) United Nations.
(d) IMF.

3. What did Robert Kennedy call the shame of poverty?
(a) That poverty created abuse.
(b) That poor people had no clothes to wear.
(c) That poverty created illiteracy.
(d) That the wealthiest nation could tolerate such conditions for its poor.

4. What three organizations did Robert Kennedy enlist support from?
(a) NRDC, EPA, and Security Commission.
(b) UNICEF, World Bank, and IMF.
(c) FBI, CIA, and Pentagon.
(d) Bureau of Narcotics, IRS, and the Interstate Commerce Commission.

5. Why did John Kennedy travel to Texas in November 1963?
(a) To start the Vietnam War.
(b) To meet with Lyndon B. Johnson.
(c) To promote himself and fellow elected officials to the public.
(d) To visit his grandmother.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which two governors openly defied the 1954 Brown vs. Board of Education?

3. What American policy change instigated by the Johnson administration did Robert Kennedy oppose in Latin America?

4. What did Attorney General Robert Kennedy discover during the process of judicial appointments?

5. What region of the world resented American interference to assist French armed forces?

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