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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. Why did Robert Kennedy spearhead covert negotiations with Castro?
(a) For access to Soviet missiles.
(b) For access to drugs.
(c) For building a defense base.
(d) To gain the release of American prisoners.

2. What role was Robert F. Kenned a great choice for but hesitant to take on for fear of nepotism?
(a) Supreme Court Judge.
(b) Vice-President.
(c) President.
(d) Attorney General.

3. What was one of the first actions taken by the new Attorney General for the Kennedy administration?
(a) To put Cuban revolutionists into prison.
(b) To make the Justice Department less formal and holding meetings with virtually all employees.
(c) To outlaw the Confederate flag.
(d) To build bigger prisons.

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

5. Who wanted to immediately take action to retaliate against the placement of missiles in Cuba?
(a) Doves.
(b) Pentagon.
(c) CIA.
(d) Hawks.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did America have to do to prevent the rise of Communism?

2. How did Hoover attempt to gain convictions of leftists?

3. In his role in the Senate Investigations Committee, what did Robert Kennedy gain a reputation for being?

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

5. What was on the mind of Americans when John Kennedy was elected as President?

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

4. Describe Joseph McCarthy.

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

6. Who did the Senate committee investigate associated with money laundering and the mob?

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

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

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

10. Describe Joseph Patrick Kennedy.

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