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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. ______________ was Irish, an ardent anti-Communist, and liked by the Kennedy family initially.
(a) Herbert Hoover.
(b) Jimmy Hoffa.
(c) Walter Reuther.
(d) Joe McCarthy.

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

3. As Attorney General, what did Robert Kennedy become well known for?
(a) Cowardice.
(b) Ruthlessness.
(c) High expectations and ideals.
(d) Ineptitude.

4. What did Robert Kennedy study at Harvard?
(a) International business.
(b) Constitutional law.
(c) E-commerce.
(d) History.

5. Where did Hoover get most of his information about organized crime?
(a) Infiltration.
(b) Videotapes.
(c) Bugging.
(d) Secret observers.

6. How did Hoover attempt to gain convictions of leftists?
(a) Through innuendos and associations.
(b) Through hard facts.
(c) Through investigative hearings.
(d) Through forced imprisonment.

7. Who scared away most witnesses from testifying against him?
(a) Walter Reuther.
(b) Jimmy Hoffa.
(c) Herbert Hoover.
(d) Joe McCarthy.

8. Which two governors openly defied the 1954 Brown vs. Board of Education?
(a) Strom Thurmond of Georgia and Clint Black of Florida.
(b) Ross Barnett of Alabama and George Wallace of Mississippi.
(c) Ross Barnett of Mississippi and George Wallace of Alabama.
(d) Taylor Manning of Tennessee and Roy Chace of South Carolina.

9. Who did Robert Kennedy secretly negotiate a truce with that ended the Cuban missile crisis?
(a) Hoover and Castro.
(b) Castro and McCarthy.
(c) Dobrynin and Bolshakov.
(d) Stalin and Khruschev.

10. What were two measures the Attorney General Robert Kennedy took to repair inequality in the court system?
(a) He encouraged the use of death penalty and waterboarding.
(b) He removed the need for lawyers and bail in all cases.
(c) He encouraged rehabilitation and separating the youth from hardened criminals.
(d) He built bigger, stronger prisons.

11. What was on the mind of Americans when John Kennedy was elected as President?
(a) World War II.
(b) Fascism.
(c) Cold War.
(d) Post-industrial boom.

12. Who convinced an American President to invade Cuba in the 1960s?
(a) CIA.
(b) Jorge Guerra.
(c) Fidel Castro.
(d) Robert Kennedy.

13. What organizations had numerous opponents to John Kennedy's foreign policy?
(a) World Bank and IMF.
(b) FBI and Justice Department.
(c) NRA and CIA.
(d) Pentagon and CIA.

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

15. What was one of the first actions taken by the new Attorney General for the Kennedy administration?
(a) To outlaw the Confederate flag.
(b) To build bigger prisons.
(c) To make the Justice Department less formal and holding meetings with virtually all employees.
(d) To put Cuban revolutionists into prison.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who witnessed poverty firsthand and saw postwar devastation in Europe?

2. Who did Robert Kennedy appoint to investigate anti-trust violations?

3. Which two offices did the FBI director covertly oppose?

4. What was the primary fear concerning these nations for Americans?

5. What did John F. Kennedy succeed in achieving as a Senator?

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