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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why did John Kennedy travel to Texas in November 1963?
(a) To meet with Lyndon B. Johnson.
(b) To start the Vietnam War.
(c) To visit his grandmother.
(d) To promote himself and fellow elected officials to the public.

3. What did Robert Kennedy see on reservations in the 1960s?
(a) Prosperity.
(b) Hopelessness.
(c) Industry.
(d) Large casinos.

4. What happened to John Kennedy in Texas in November 1963?
(a) He won an election.
(b) He got a degree.
(c) He was assassinated.
(d) He began a war.

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

6. What did people in America who opposed military action in Vietnam say about the developing conflict in the 1960s?
(a) That it was a civil war that did not involve the U.S.
(b) That it caused civil unrest at home.
(c) That it was a strategic location to fight the Soviet Union from.
(d) That it was important to stop to prevent the spread of Communism.

7. What was Robert Kennedy's margin when he won a Senate seat in New York?
(a) 8,000 votes.
(b) 700 votes.
(c) 800 votes.
(d) 700,000 votes.

8. Who did Robert Kennedy spend time trying to assist for most of his career?
(a) The argumentative Southern Baptists.
(b) The poor and disenfranchised.
(c) The wealthy suburban Democrats.
(d) The feisty Boston Whalers.

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

10. 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.

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

12. Where did many migrant workers in America during the late 1960s live?
(a) Cars and buses.
(b) On rooftops.
(c) Under railroads.
(d) In apartments.

13. What did the CIA attempt to do to Fidel Castro and failed?
(a) Win him over.
(b) Assassinate him.
(c) Promote him.
(d) Educate him.

14. Who was the hated dictator in former Indochina in the 1960s?
(a) Diem.
(b) Laos.
(c) Saigon.
(d) Ho Chi Minh.

15. What relationship continued to deteriorate in 1964?
(a) Between Robert Kennedy and Herbert Hoover.
(b) Between Lyndon B. Johnson and Robert Kennedy.
(c) Between Lyndon B. Johnson and Jimmy Hoffa.
(d) Between Hoover and Hoffa.

Short Answer Questions

1. What policy did the U.S. government take in 1962-3 towards preventing the spread of Communism abroad?

2. What did Robert Kennedy become known for when he debated political arguments during the presidential campaign in 1964?

3. Who was paranoid about losing the election in 1964?

4. What two different sides of Robert Kennedy emerged in 1968?

5. Who provided the American ground troops for Vietnam?

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