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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. What was the primary fear concerning these nations for Americans?
(a) That they would become Communist and controlled by Russia and China.
(b) That they would develop nuclear arsenal.
(c) That they would massacre innocent civilians.
(d) That they would pollute the earth.

2. Which organization worked outside the confines and control of any governmental branch or agency?
(a) CIA.
(b) Civil rights.
(c) FBI.
(d) Pentagon.

3. What was a difficult decision that the Attorney General Robert Kennedy faced during judicial prosecutions?
(a) Fighting insurgents.
(b) Indicting Democrats who had been loyal supporters of the Kennedy family.
(c) Compromising with Catholics.
(d) Facing corruption in their own family.

4. What discouraged Robert Kennedy during his work in the Justice Department?
(a) Joe McCarthy's popularity.
(b) Death of his brother.
(c) His inability to obtain indictments of the big players in labor and management corruption.
(d) Violation of civil rights.

5. What party did Adlai Stevenson belong to?
(a) Independent.
(b) Democratic.
(c) Progressive.
(d) Republican.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How did the American government sully its reputation abroad during the 1960s?

3. What did Robert Kennedy think were the two reasons for juvenile delinquency?

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

5. Who was prosecuted by the Attorney General Robert Kennedy for taking a bribe?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How did the FBI function during the 1960s when John F. Kennedy came to power?

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

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

5. How did Joe become involved in politics?

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

7. What was the controversy surrounding the candidate for Attorney General?

8. What role did Robert Kennedy play in the early 1950s in government?

9. Describe Joseph McCarthy.

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

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