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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. Who traveled to Asia and witnessed the new nationalism arising in those countries?
(a) Kathleen and Margaret Eunice.
(b) Patrick and John Kennedy.
(c) John and Robert Kennedy.
(d) Herbert and Rose Hoover.

2. Whose Vice-Presidential bid failed in 1956?
(a) John F. Kennedy.
(b) Joe McCarthy.
(c) Patrick Kennedy.
(d) Herbert Hoover.

3. As Attorney General, what did Robert Kennedy become well known for?
(a) Ineptitude.
(b) Cowardice.
(c) High expectations and ideals.
(d) Ruthlessness.

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

5. Who did Robert Kennedy work within New York to build a model community program?
(a) David Hackett.
(b) Bobby Barkeley.
(c) William Orrick.
(d) Joe McCarthy.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was President of the Teamsters Union?

2. What event in Wisconsin invoked the ire of Republicans?

3. Who was appointed ambassador to England?

4. What did John F. Kennedy succeed in achieving as a Senator?

5. Whose prosecution by Attorney General Robert Kennedy caused the ire of Lyndon B. Johnson?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How did the American government react to the Cuban Missile Crisis?

3. Describe Joseph McCarthy.

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

5. How did Joe become involved in politics?

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

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

8. What was Robert Kennedy's role in the investigation of Kohler Plumbing?

9. What did Robert Kennedy do in New York to improve the lives of the poverty-stricken?

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

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