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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. When Robert Kennedy announced his Presidential candidacy in 1968, what happened within his own party?
(a) It merged with the Socialist party.
(b) It broke up.
(c) He won everyone over to his side.
(d) He ran against the incumbent who was from the same party.

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

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

6. What did Robert Kennedy openly criticize about American policy in Vietnam?
(a) Lack of support from the locals.
(b) Inability to quickly win the war.
(c) Failure to overthrow the Communists.
(d) Failure to hold negotiations and lack of reform in South Vietnam.

7. What two issues had Lyndon B. Johnson failed to address adequately as President?
(a) Ending the war and poverty.
(b) Environmental degradation and hunger strikes.
(c) Civil rights and civil unions.
(d) Communist and despotic foreign governments.

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

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

10. 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.

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

13. When John Kennedy stood for reelection, what was the country enamored by?
(a) Southern Baptists.
(b) The New Frontier and the culture of Camelot.
(c) Martin Luther King.
(d) Southern Democrats.

14. What operation launched by the CIA in Cuba also met with disastrous results?
(a) Khruschev Initiative.
(b) Fidel Capture.
(c) Bay of Pigs.
(d) Operation Mongoose.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who led a military coup to oust Diem from office?

2. What did Robert Kennedy warn against in Latin America when Johnson became President?

3. What two issues did Robert Kennedy choose to address from 1963 onwards?

4. What did Robert Kennedy call the shame of poverty?

5. Who failed to ask enough questions as a political leader during the insurgency in Vietnam?

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