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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After the landmark anti-trust case, what distinction occurred between the two political parties?
(a) The Republican party represented business while the Democratic party represented labor.
(b) The Republican party stood for white collar work while the Democratic party stood for blue collar work.
(c) The Republican party opposed civil rights legislation while the Democratic party supported it.
(d) The Republican party aligned with the military while the Democratic party advocated education.

2. In his role in the Senate Investigations Committee, what did Robert Kennedy gain a reputation for being?
(a) A liar.
(b) A wimp.
(c) A skilled and thorough investigator.
(d) A troublemaker.

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

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

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

6. What discouraged Robert Kennedy during his work in the Justice Department?
(a) Death of his brother.
(b) His inability to obtain indictments of the big players in labor and management corruption.
(c) Violation of civil rights.
(d) Joe McCarthy's popularity.

7. 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 Mississippi and George Wallace of Alabama.
(c) Taylor Manning of Tennessee and Roy Chace of South Carolina.
(d) Ross Barnett of Alabama and George Wallace of Mississippi.

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

9. What disastrous incident failed miserably in Cuba and resulted in the death of numerous invading troops?
(a) Port de Santiago.
(b) Hasta Luego.
(c) Bay of Pigs.
(d) Capturing the citadel.

10. Who was the first Black justice official appointed by the Attorney General?
(a) Burke Marshall.
(b) Robert McAllister.
(c) Reverend Martin Luther King Jr.
(d) George Wallace.

11. Who did the most notorious anti-trust case to come under investigation involve?
(a) Automobile workers.
(b) Paper mill companies.
(c) Six steel companies.
(d) Telephone companies.

12. What organization was created to support American foreign policy in the 1960s?
(a) United Nations.
(b) IMF.
(c) World Council on Hunger.
(d) Peace Corps.

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

14. With whom did Robert Kennedy travel in the 1950s to the Soviet Union?
(a) John F. Kennedy.
(b) Joe McCarthy.
(c) Justice Douglas.
(d) Jimmy Hoffa.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When Robert Kennedy began a career in the Justice Department, what was his family life like?

2. What was the policy of diplomacy ascribed to by Robert and John Kennedy?

3. What did Robert Kennedy study at Harvard?

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

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

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