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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 want to promote tough legislation through his role in the Senate?
(a) To win votes.
(b) To appear strong.
(c) To create a bipartisan Senate.
(d) To make a difference for the poor and blacks.

2. What gained popularity in Vietnam in the 1960s?
(a) Guerilla warfare.
(b) Death camps.
(c) Food camps.
(d) Communism.

3. What did the American public grow alarmed about in 1967?
(a) Education.
(b) Poverty.
(c) The rising cost of inflation.
(d) The cost of the war in terms of money and human lives.

4. What did many Democrats want Robert Kennedy to do in 1964?
(a) Resign his cabinet post.
(b) Run for vice-president.
(c) Give up his Senate seat.
(d) Declare bankruptcy.

5. What military initiative served to make a new political candidate popular?
(a) Nguyen's secret military coup of Saigon.
(b) CIA attack in Cuba.
(c) Tet Offensive.
(d) Panama cocaine seizure.

6. What two issues did Robert Kennedy choose to address from 1963 onwards?
(a) Murder and disenfranchisement.
(b) Poverty and civil rights.
(c) Destitution and rape.
(d) Juvenile delinquency and crime.

7. Who assisted in secret negotiations with Castro?
(a) Vladimir Putin.
(b) John Donovan.
(c) Mikhail Gorbachev.
(d) Khruschev.

8. Who signed a limited test ban treaty in 1963?
(a) Cuba and Vietnam.
(b) Cuba and the Soviet Union.
(c) United States and the Soviet Union.
(d) United States and Vietnam.

9. What did American political parties press for in Vietnam in the 1960s?
(a) Helicopters.
(b) Negotiations.
(c) Ground troops.
(d) Ceasefire.

10. After the Bay of Pigs Incident, how did American politicians differ on what to do next?
(a) Liberals encouraged the use of arms while conservatives proposed an air strike.
(b) Conservatives pressed for an all out invasion while Robert Kennedy was concerned with securing the release of American prisoners.
(c) Joe McCarthy won support among conservatives to run against Robert Kennedy as Attorney General.
(d) Conservatives wanted to overthrow the Kennedy administration while liberals wanted to send a diplomatic mission to Cuba.

11. What did Johnson want to use Robert Kennedy for?
(a) To win over Southern Baptists.
(b) To win over Southern conservatives.
(c) To draft civil rights legislature.
(d) To fight the war in Vietnam.

12. What did Robert Kennedy try to do to help the poor in America?
(a) Segregate them.
(b) Bring them into the mainstream of an abundant society.
(c) Put them on islands far away from urban centers.
(d) Offer them housing alternatives.

13. How many American troops were in Vietnam in 1968?
(a) 100,000.
(b) 50,000.
(c) 525,000.
(d) 10,000.

14. Who ran on the political platform of ending the war in 1968?
(a) Joe McCarthy.
(b) Robert Kennedy.
(c) Eugene McCarthy.
(d) James Kirk.

15. What did Robert Kennedy discover about the FBI and the CIA after the assassination of the President?
(a) That they had withheld information from the Warren Commission.
(b) That they were Communist.
(c) That they were friends with Fidel Castro.
(d) That they were one organization.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who told the American public that the Americans were winning in Vietnam in 1968?

2. What operation launched by the CIA in Cuba also met with disastrous results?

3. What incident occurred in 1968 in Vietnam that antagonized public opinion toward Johnson?

4. When Robert Kennedy returned to the Justice Department after the death of his brother, who did he find in charge?

5. What did Robert Kennedy openly criticize about American policy in Vietnam?

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