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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. Which institution opposed the changes happening in the Justice Department?
(a) Security Council.
(b) Pentagon.
(c) FBI.
(d) CIA.

2. Whose prosecution by Attorney General Robert Kennedy caused the ire of Lyndon B. Johnson?
(a) George Wallace.
(b) Bobby Baker.
(c) Eunice Kennedy.
(d) J. Vincent Keoh.

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

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

5. Who embarked upon a witch hunt to expel Communists from America?
(a) Joe McCarthy.
(b) Jimmy Hoffa.
(c) Herbert Hoover.
(d) John Kennedy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the Asian countries yearn to be free of?

2. What were the two major issues surrounding the John F. Kennedy bid for the presidency?

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

4. Which issue did Robert Kennedy think posed the greatest threat facing the nation?

5. Who was appointed ambassador to England?

Short Essay Questions

1. What action did Robert Kennedy take to avert the escalation of the Cuban Missile Crisis?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. Describe Joseph McCarthy.

10. Describe what Robert Kennedy did to rectify unfair standards for the poor in America's justice system?

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