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

2. What did John F. Kennedy succeed in achieving as a Senator?
(a) Imprisoning Jimmy Hoffa.
(b) Passage of a labor law with a secret ballot in union leadership elections.
(c) Imprisoning Walter Reuther.
(d) Demonstrating on behalf of Communists.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which institution opposed the changes happening in the Justice Department?

3. What was American policy in the emerging nations of Asia and Africa?

4. What did Robert Kennedy find was a frequent result of poverty?

5. What three organizations did Robert Kennedy enlist support from?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Joe become involved in politics?

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

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

4. How did Robert Kennedy unknowingly restrict Hoover's secret techniques for investigation?

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

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. Describe Robert Kennedy's actions regarding the notorious investigation against six large steel companies.

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

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

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