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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. During the 1960s, what emerged as the primary U.S. goal with foreign relations?
(a) To support their governments.
(b) To maintain regimes friendly to America.
(c) To promote democracy.
(d) To fight for equality among all countries.

2. Who did John F. Kennedy run against in the 1960 presidential primary?
(a) Joe McCarthy and Walter Reuther.
(b) Communists and Socialists.
(c) Lyndon Johnson and Hubert Humphrey.
(d) Robert Kennedy and Jimmy Hoffa.

3. Who was President of the Teamsters Union?
(a) Walter Reuther.
(b) Joe McCarthy.
(c) Herbert Hoover.
(d) Jimmy Hoffa.

4. Who was the first Black justice official appointed by the Attorney General?
(a) Robert McAllister.
(b) George Wallace.
(c) Reverend Martin Luther King Jr.
(d) Burke Marshall.

5. Where did Hoover get most of his information about organized crime?
(a) Videotapes.
(b) Infiltration.
(c) Bugging.
(d) Secret observers.

Short Answer Questions

1. What role was Robert F. Kenned a great choice for but hesitant to take on for fear of nepotism?

2. What was the primary fear concerning these nations for Americans?

3. What two national issues gave the FBI director prominence?

4. What was a major area of contention between Hoover and Robert Kennedy?

5. Whose Vice-Presidential bid failed in 1956?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did the CIA act on its own accord in Cuba at this time?

2. Describe Joseph McCarthy.

3. What were some indictments that Robert Kennedy pursued as Attorney General that were difficult?

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

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

6. What did Robert Kennedy discover about juvenile delinquency in urban ghettos?

7. Describe Robert Kennedy's actions regarding the notorious investigation against six large steel companies.

8. Describe being an American of Irish origin in the 1800s.

9. What action did Robert Kennedy take to enforce the 1954 Brown v Board of Education decision in the south?

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

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