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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 aid to growing nations.
(b) Sending off troops to Asia.
(c) Building a gigantic wall in Cuba.
(d) Sending off troops to Africa.

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

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

4. What did Robert Kennedy call the shame of poverty?
(a) That poor people had no clothes to wear.
(b) That poverty created abuse.
(c) That poverty created illiteracy.
(d) That the wealthiest nation could tolerate such conditions for its poor.

5. Who led a military coup to oust Diem from office?
(a) Robert Kennedy.
(b) President Kennedy.
(c) CIA.
(d) Cabot Lodge.

6. Instead of bombing Vietnam, what did Robert Kennedy propose?
(a) Truce.
(b) Ground troop attacks.
(c) Leaving.
(d) Negotiations.

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

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

9. What devastated Robert Kennedy?
(a) The death of the president.
(b) The building of nuclear Iran.
(c) The creation of South Vietnam.
(d) The arrival of twins.

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

11. When Robert Kennedy returned to the Justice Department after the death of his brother, who did he find in charge?
(a) Lyndon B. Johnson.
(b) Steve Moody.
(c) Robert Brown.
(d) George Wallace.

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

13. 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) Conservatives wanted to overthrow the Kennedy administration while liberals wanted to send a diplomatic mission to Cuba.
(d) Joe McCarthy won support among conservatives to run against Robert Kennedy as Attorney General.

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

15. What incident occurred in 1968 in Vietnam that antagonized public opinion toward Johnson?
(a) Tet Offensive.
(b) Division of Vietnam into North and South Vietnam.
(c) Arrival of Soviet troops in Miami.
(d) Murder of Joe McCarthy.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What did Johnson want to use Robert Kennedy for?

3. Who was the hated dictator in former Indochina in the 1960s?

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

5. What did Robert Kennedy discover about the FBI and the CIA after the assassination of the President?

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