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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 is counter-insurgency?
(a) Guerilla warfare.
(b) Efforts of governments in emerging countries to fight revolutionaries trying to overthrow them.
(c) The war efforts of underground citizens supported by the American military.
(d) The fight of local citizens against oppressive governments.

2. Who witnessed poverty firsthand and saw postwar devastation in Europe?
(a) Herbert Hoover.
(b) Robert McAllister.
(c) Thomas Gould.
(d) Robert F. Kennedy.

3. What two national issues gave the FBI director prominence?
(a) Civil unrest and anarchy.
(b) Global genocide and environmental catastrophes.
(c) Communism and Naziism.
(d) War and starvation.

4. Who were two personal friends of the Kennedy family that were also prosecuted?
(a) Bobby Barker and George Wallace.
(b) Oleg Cassini's brother and James Landis.
(c) Joe McCarthy and Robert McNamara.
(d) Herbert Hoover and Edward Brown.

5. Who was appointed ambassador to England?
(a) Joe Kennedy.
(b) Rose McAllister.
(c) Patrick Fitzgerald.
(d) Edward Kennedy.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did the most notorious anti-trust case to come under investigation involve?

2. Which two governors openly defied the 1954 Brown vs. Board of Education?

3. In what five areas was civil rights legislation enforced?

4. Who convinced an American President to invade Cuba in the 1960s?

5. During the 1960s, what emerged as the primary U.S. goal with foreign relations?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What personal tragedies happened in the Kennedy family during the war and subsequently?

5. What action taken by Soviet leader Khrushchev immediately caused a red alert for American security?

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

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

8. Does Rose Fitzgerald's father accept Joseph Kennedy?

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

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

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