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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What policy did the U.S. government take in 1962-3 towards preventing the spread of Communism abroad?
(a) Sending off troops to Asia.
(b) Sending off troops to Africa.
(c) Building a gigantic wall in Cuba.
(d) Sending aid to growing nations.

2. Which segment of the American population began to support Robert Kennedy's view of the war in 1967?
(a) Poorest Americans.
(b) Richest Americans.
(c) Ivy League graduates.
(d) Middle class.

3. According to Robert Kennedy, what needed to be addressed in America to move forward peacefully?
(a) Racial discord.
(b) Suffering.
(c) Religious strife.
(d) Disease.

4. Who launched a successful attack against American forces in Vietnam?
(a) North Vietnamese and Viet Cong.
(b) Communist forces of China.
(c) Communist forces of General Nguyen.
(d) Ho Chi Minh.

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

6. What did Kennedy's studies of slum squalor in America during the 1960s reveal?
(a) Violence and anger of poor families living in condemned buildings.
(b) Destitution of migrant workers.
(c) Lack of sanitation.
(d) Lack of rights for most Americans.

7. What did Robert Kennedy find unbearable in the 1960s?
(a) The political system.
(b) The court system.
(c) Injustices in American society.
(d) The health care system.

8. Why did some Americans believe that staying in Vietnam was important?
(a) To prevent the spread of Communism.
(b) To win the popular vote.
(c) To stop civil war in America.
(d) To build bigger American corporations.

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

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

11. Whose administration was falling apart as the war in Vietnam continued to rage in 1967?
(a) John Kennedy's.
(b) Johnson's.
(c) Robert Kennedy's.
(d) Eisenhower's.

12. What did Robert Kennedy warn against in Latin America when Johnson became President?
(a) The popularity of oligarchical leaders.
(b) The violent revolution sponsored by the Johnson administration.
(c) The decline of Castro.
(d) The growth of Communism.

13. What was one of Robert Kennedy's early disappointments with the Johnson administration?
(a) Inability to stop civil unrest.
(b) Change in purpose of the Alliance for Progress.
(c) Failure to remove extremists.
(d) Failure to remove poverty.

14. Why was Robert Kennedy hesitant to run for political office in 1968?
(a) He did not like politics.
(b) He did not want to run against someone of his own party.
(c) He felt angry.
(d) He did not want to lose.

15. Where were the problems of Latin America replicated in the 1960s?
(a) Indochina.
(b) South America.
(c) Australia.
(d) Africa.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Robert Kennedy find out when he traveled to Latin America?

2. What did the CIA attempt to do to Fidel Castro and failed?

3. How many American troops were in Vietnam in 1968?

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

5. Who fed rumors to Johnson about Robert Kennedy?

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