View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who resigned in 1964?
(a) Robert Kennedy.
(b) Joe McNamara.
(c) Herbert Hoover.
(d) Cabinet members and advisors to John Kennedy.

2. What did the American public grow alarmed about in 1967?
(a) The rising cost of inflation.
(b) The cost of the war in terms of money and human lives.
(c) Education.
(d) Poverty.

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

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

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

6. After the Bay of Pigs Incident, how did American politicians differ on what to do next?
(a) Conservatives pressed for an all out invasion while Robert Kennedy was concerned with securing the release of American prisoners.
(b) Liberals encouraged the use of arms while conservatives proposed an air strike.
(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.

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

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

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

10. 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) The Latin American people were violently oppressed by dictators.
(c) Latin America was under heavy bombardment.
(d) The people were wildly enthusiastic about his arrival.

11. What American policy change instigated by the Johnson administration did Robert Kennedy oppose in Latin America?
(a) Installing puppet regimes.
(b) Removing dictators.
(c) Withholding aid unless American corporations were given advantages.
(d) Fighting with revolutionaries.

12. What did Robert Kennedy discover during his travel to Latin America to garner support for the Alliance for Progress?
(a) There is a lot of Anti-American sentiment among the people of these nations.
(b) The Soviet Union was secretly overtaking many governments in Latin America.
(c) The Alliance for Progress is run by a Communist dictator.
(d) The FBI was working with the CIA to undermine the Alliance for Progress.

13. What two issues did Robert Kennedy choose to address from 1963 onwards?
(a) Destitution and rape.
(b) Murder and disenfranchisement.
(c) Juvenile delinquency and crime.
(d) Poverty and civil rights.

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

15. What was one of Robert Kennedy's early disappointments with the Johnson administration?
(a) Change in purpose of the Alliance for Progress.
(b) Failure to remove extremists.
(c) Failure to remove poverty.
(d) Inability to stop civil unrest.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. How did Robert Kennedy secure the release American prisoners in the early 1960s?

4. What policy did the U.S. government take in 1962-3 towards preventing the spread of Communism abroad?

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

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 601 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample