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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the policy of diplomacy ascribed to by Robert and John Kennedy?
(a) Installation of puppet regimes.
(b) Zero negotiations.
(c) Unilateral support of dictators.
(d) Action diplomacy.

2. Where did Robert Kennedy research poverty?
(a) In the library.
(b) In a law firm.
(c) In the courtroom.
(d) Urban ghettos.

3. What favorite activity of Hoover's did Kennedy severely limit?
(a) Wiretapping.
(b) Concentration camps.
(c) Forced imprisonment.
(d) Investigative reporting.

4. What did Robert Kennedy study at Harvard?
(a) History.
(b) Constitutional law.
(c) International business.
(d) E-commerce.

5. Who was a staunch Democrat in an era of Republican dominance?
(a) Jason Fried.
(b) Jimmy Hoffa.
(c) Walter Reuther.
(d) Joe McCarthy.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Robert Kennedy get a position because of his father's influence?

2. Who scared away most witnesses from testifying against him?

3. Who traveled to Asia and witnessed the new nationalism arising in those countries?

4. Who did Robert Kennedy marry?

5. What was one of the first actions taken by the new Attorney General for the Kennedy administration?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Robert Kennedy unknowingly restrict Hoover's secret techniques for investigation?

2. What did Robert Kennedy do to mitigate hostile relations with Cuba?

3. What effect did the Cold War have on American foreign policy?

4. How did Robert Kennedy assist his brother in his 1960 Presidential campaign?

5. What role did Robert Kennedy play in the early 1950s in government?

6. What was the direct political result of Robert Kennedy's investigation of the six steel companies in the anti-trust case?

7. Describe the momentum the civil rights picked up after the death of student Medgar Evans.

8. What was the controversy surrounding the candidate for Attorney General?

9. How did the FBI function during the 1960s when John F. Kennedy came to power?

10. Whose appointment as an Assistant Attorney General invoked rage, and what was the immediate consequence of this action?

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