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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Who witnessed poverty firsthand and saw postwar devastation in Europe?
(a) Robert McAllister.
(b) Robert F. Kennedy.
(c) Thomas Gould.
(d) Herbert Hoover.

4. 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 massacre innocent civilians.
(c) That they would develop nuclear arsenal.
(d) That they would pollute the earth.

5. What is counter-insurgency?
(a) Guerilla warfare.
(b) The fight of local citizens against oppressive governments.
(c) Efforts of governments in emerging countries to fight revolutionaries trying to overthrow them.
(d) The war efforts of underground citizens supported by the American military.

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

7. Why did Robert Kennedy spearhead covert negotiations with Castro?
(a) To gain the release of American prisoners.
(b) For building a defense base.
(c) For access to Soviet missiles.
(d) For access to drugs.

8. What dilemma faced the Justice Department when civil rights leaders in the South were brutalized?
(a) How to enforce constitutional law without a national police force.
(b) How to bring equal employment to the South.
(c) How to create laws.
(d) How to convince Southern leaders to accept black justices.

9. Who did Robert Kennedy marry?
(a) Ethel Skakel.
(b) Rosemary Eunice.
(c) Rose Hoover.
(d) Kathleen McAllister.

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

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

12. Which institution opposed the changes happening in the Justice Department?
(a) FBI.
(b) Pentagon.
(c) CIA.
(d) Security Council.

13. What did the Asian countries yearn to be free of?
(a) European imperialism.
(b) Violent anarchists.
(c) Communist influence.
(d) Southern insurgents.

14. Who wanted a blockade and negotiation with Cuba when they heard about the missiles?
(a) CIA.
(b) Pentagon.
(c) Hawks.
(d) Doves.

15. In what five areas was civil rights legislation enforced?
(a) Security, commerce, research, legislation, and justice.
(b) Education, transportation, suffrage, housing, and employment.
(c) Marriage, home ownership, bus travel, shared housing, and community dining.
(d) Federal parks, state parks, public buildings, airlines, and taxis.

Short Answer Questions

1. What party did Adlai Stevenson belong to?

2. Who was murdered during the admittance of black students into college in Alabama?

3. What was a difficult decision that the Attorney General Robert Kennedy faced during judicial prosecutions?

4. Who married a banking millionaire and had nine children?

5. Which child of the Kennedy clan had a mental disease?

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