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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 was the old practice of American politics?
(a) Political decisions were made in small rooms, and "bosses" controlled who ran for office.
(b) Young people were energized to mobilize powerful political campaigns.
(c) The Italian mob controlled all political decision-making.
(d) Fathers gave sons jobs.

2. What did the American public grow alarmed about in 1967?
(a) The cost of the war in terms of money and human lives.
(b) Education.
(c) Poverty.
(d) The rising cost of inflation.

3. What devastated Robert Kennedy?
(a) The death of the president.
(b) The arrival of twins.
(c) The building of nuclear Iran.
(d) The creation of South Vietnam.

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

5. Who assisted in secret negotiations with Castro?
(a) Vladimir Putin.
(b) John Donovan.
(c) Mikhail Gorbachev.
(d) Khruschev.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who wanted a blockade and negotiation with Cuba when they heard about the missiles?

2. What did Robert Kennedy discover about the Teamsters Union's president?

3. What did the CIA attempt to do to Fidel Castro and failed?

4. After the Bay of Pigs Incident, how did American politicians differ on what to do next?

5. According to Robert Kennedy, what needed to be addressed in America to move forward peacefully?

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