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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 was President of the Teamsters Union?
(a) Herbert Hoover.
(b) Jimmy Hoffa.
(c) Joe McCarthy.
(d) Walter Reuther.
2. Who wanted to immediately take action to retaliate against the placement of missiles in Cuba?
(a) Doves.
(b) Hawks.
(c) CIA.
(d) Pentagon.
3. Who did Robert Kennedy secretly negotiate a truce with that ended the Cuban missile crisis?
(a) Castro and McCarthy.
(b) Stalin and Khruschev.
(c) Hoover and Castro.
(d) Dobrynin and Bolshakov.
4. Who did Robert Kennedy marry?
(a) Rosemary Eunice.
(b) Ethel Skakel.
(c) Kathleen McAllister.
(d) Rose Hoover.
5. Which two offices did the FBI director covertly oppose?
(a) Civil unions and health care.
(b) National defense and civil rights.
(c) Attorney General and President.
(d) State and municipal.
Short Answer Questions
1. What did staunch conservatives want John F. Kennedy to do regarding foreign policy?
2. Who did Robert Kennedy appoint to investigate anti-trust violations?
3. Which organization worked outside the confines and control of any governmental branch or agency?
4. With whom did Robert Kennedy travel in the 1950s to the Soviet Union?
5. What did Robert Kennedy study at Harvard?
Short Essay Questions
1. Describe Joseph Patrick Kennedy.
2. Describe being an American of Irish origin in the 1800s.
3. How did the CIA act on its own accord in Cuba at this time?
4. What did Robert Kennedy do in New York to improve the lives of the poverty-stricken?
5. What were some indictments that Robert Kennedy pursued as Attorney General that were difficult?
6. Describe Walter Reuther's position that antagonized Republicans.
7. What action taken by Soviet leader Khrushchev immediately caused a red alert for American security?
8. What action did Robert Kennedy take to enforce the 1954 Brown v Board of Education decision in the south?
9. Describe what Robert Kennedy did to rectify unfair standards for the poor in America's justice system?
10. What did Robert Kennedy do to mitigate hostile relations with Cuba?
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