Robert Kennedy and His Times Test | Final Test - Easy

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Robert Kennedy and His Times Test | Final Test - Easy

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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Who began to study the migrant poor in America in the late 1960s?
(a) Herbert Humphrey.
(b) Robert Kennedy.
(c) Cesar Chavez.
(d) Donald Trump.

4. Who moved in a direction independent of the Soviet Union following the release of American prisoners in Cuba?
(a) Robert Kennedy.
(b) Fidel Castro.
(c) Joe McCarthy.
(d) John Kennedy.

5. Who told the American public that the Americans were winning in Vietnam in 1968?
(a) Robert Kennedy and the CIA.
(b) Joe McCarthy and the Communist party of Cuba.
(c) President Johnson and General Westmoreland.
(d) Margaret Thatcher and American corporations.

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

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

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

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

10. What decision did President Johnson make about the war in Vietnam during the 1960s?
(a) To stay and add more troops.
(b) To withdraw troops immediately.
(c) To gradually withdraw troops in a year.
(d) To overthrow the government in a military coup.

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

12. Who resigned as Attorney General in 1964?
(a) Lyndon B. Johnson.
(b) James Erwin.
(c) Robert Kennedy.
(d) Herbert Hoover.

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

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

15. What organization assisted in social and economic reform in Latin America and thus prevented Communist takeovers?
(a) Alliance for Progress.
(b) Treasury Department.
(c) FBI.
(d) CIA.

Short Answer Questions

1. What gained popularity in Vietnam in the 1960s?

2. What did Robert Kennedy discover during his travel to Latin America to garner support for the Alliance for Progress?

3. Who did Robert Kennedy spend time trying to assist for most of his career?

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

5. What was the name of the insurgent guerrilla force in southern Vietnam in the 1960s?

(see the answer keys)

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