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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What became the new policy of the Johnson administration toward Latin America in the 1960s?
(a) Eradicate poverty.
(b) Overthrow governments.
(c) Create democracy.
(d) Support U.S. corporations doing business there.

6. What did Robert Kennedy vehemently oppose as it escalated by 1967?
(a) Cuban Missile Crisis.
(b) Vietnam War.
(c) Alliance for Progress.
(d) Soviet invasion.

7. Whose administration was falling apart as the war in Vietnam continued to rage in 1967?
(a) Johnson's.
(b) Robert Kennedy's.
(c) John Kennedy's.
(d) Eisenhower's.

8. What happened to Vietnam when Indochina broke up into four countries?
(a) Vietman was rife with anarchy.
(b) Vietnam was divided into Communist North and Non-Communist South.
(c) Vietnam was assimilated into Communist China.
(d) Vietnam was bombed.

9. What two different sides of Robert Kennedy emerged in 1968?
(a) Idealist and realist.
(b) Powerful ally and weak parent.
(c) Good cop and bad cop.
(d) Ruthless dictator and compassionate leader.

10. 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.

11. What gained popularity in Vietnam in the 1960s?
(a) Communism.
(b) Guerilla warfare.
(c) Food camps.
(d) Death camps.

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

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

14. 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) George Wallace.
(c) Steve Moody.
(d) Robert Brown.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. What did people in America who opposed military action in Vietnam say about the developing conflict in the 1960s?

5. What did Southern conservatives call the administration in 1964?

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