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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 two national issues gave the FBI director prominence?
(a) War and starvation.
(b) Civil unrest and anarchy.
(c) Global genocide and environmental catastrophes.
(d) Communism and Naziism.

2. Who was President of the Teamsters Union?
(a) Walter Reuther.
(b) Joe McCarthy.
(c) Herbert Hoover.
(d) Jimmy Hoffa.

3. What did Robert Kennedy think was the source of all the nation's ills?
(a) Disease.
(b) Poverty.
(c) Religious feuds.
(d) Ignorance.

4. During the 1960s, what emerged as the primary U.S. goal with foreign relations?
(a) To promote democracy.
(b) To support their governments.
(c) To maintain regimes friendly to America.
(d) To fight for equality among all countries.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was American policy in the emerging nations of Asia and Africa?

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

3. What did Robert Kennedy discover about the FBI and the CIA after the assassination of the President?

4. What immigrants were not popular in the 1800s in America?

5. What did the American public grow alarmed about in 1967?

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