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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 drugs.
(d) For access to Soviet missiles.

2. Who was murdered during the admittance of black students into college in Alabama?
(a) Robert Brown.
(b) Medger Evans.
(c) George Wallace.
(d) Rosa Parks.

3. Who traveled to Asia and witnessed the new nationalism arising in those countries?
(a) John and Robert Kennedy.
(b) Kathleen and Margaret Eunice.
(c) Herbert and Rose Hoover.
(d) Patrick and John Kennedy.

4. What was a major area of contention between Hoover and Robert Kennedy?
(a) Communists.
(b) Anarchy.
(c) Catholicism.
(d) Civil rights.

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

6. What was American policy in the emerging nations of Asia and Africa?
(a) To overthrow existing governments.
(b) To spread democracy.
(c) To wage war against despots.
(d) To prevent the spread of communism.

7. Where did the Kennedy own homes?
(a) New York, Boston, and San Francisco.
(b) Hyannis Port, Palm Beach, and Bronxville.
(c) Hilton Head, Charlottesville, and St. Thomas.
(d) Bermuda, Charleston, and Boston.

8. What did Attorney General Robert Kennedy discover during the process of judicial appointments?
(a) Civil rights legislation had to be paramount.
(b) The need to compromise and make deals.
(c) Irreconcilable differences in parties.
(d) Impossible to please the Southern Democrats.

9. What role was Robert F. Kenned a great choice for but hesitant to take on for fear of nepotism?
(a) Vice-President.
(b) President.
(c) Supreme Court Judge.
(d) Attorney General.

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

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

12. Which organization worked outside the confines and control of any governmental branch or agency?
(a) Pentagon.
(b) CIA.
(c) Civil rights.
(d) FBI.

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

14. What were the two major issues surrounding the John F. Kennedy bid for the presidency?
(a) War and anarchy.
(b) Socialism and green economics.
(c) Communism and labor rights.
(d) Catholicism and civil rights.

15. Which son died in an explosion over France during the 1950s?
(a) Robert F.
(b) John F.
(c) Joe Jr.
(d) Patrick F.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did America have to do to prevent the rise of Communism?

2. What were two measures the Attorney General Robert Kennedy took to repair inequality in the court system?

3. Whose prosecution by Attorney General Robert Kennedy caused the ire of Lyndon B. Johnson?

4. Who was prosecuted by the Attorney General Robert Kennedy for taking a bribe?

5. What change occurred in the Investigations Committee as a direct result of John F. Kennedy's Senate move?

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