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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was paranoid about losing the election in 1964?
(a) Lyndon B. Johnson.
(b) Robert Kennedy.
(c) Robert Brown.
(d) Herbert Hoover.

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

3. What did Southern conservatives call the administration in 1964?
(a) Right-wing.
(b) Segregationist.
(c) Religious.
(d) Bleeding heart liberals.

4. 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.

5. How did Robert Kennedy secure the release American prisoners in the early 1960s?
(a) Through secret negotations with Castro.
(b) Through a submarine.
(c) Through bombing Cuba.
(d) Through an air attack.

6. What did Robert Kennedy become known for when he debated political arguments during the presidential campaign in 1964?
(a) His ruthlessness.
(b) His passion and bluntness.
(c) His charismatic personality.
(d) His sly attitude.

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

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

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

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

11. Who fed rumors to Johnson about Robert Kennedy?
(a) Hoover.
(b) Hoffa.
(c) McCarthy.
(d) Wallace.

12. 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.

13. What did Robert Kennedy find out when he traveled to Latin America?
(a) The people resented American support of despotic governments simply for being anti-Communist.
(b) Latin America was under heavy bombardment.
(c) The people were wildly enthusiastic about his arrival.
(d) The Latin American people were violently oppressed by dictators.

14. To whom did Robert Kennedy turn to guide him through agricultural areas in the late 1960s and to understand how people lived?
(a) Cesar Chavez.
(b) Cabot Stone.
(c) William Davis.
(d) General Nguyen.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who began to study the migrant poor in America in the late 1960s?

3. Why was Robert Kennedy considered a reformer in America during the 1960s?

4. Where were the problems of Latin America replicated in the 1960s?

5. What did Robert Kennedy try to do to help the poor in America?

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