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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 murdered during the admittance of black students into college in Alabama?
(a) Rosa Parks.
(b) George Wallace.
(c) Medger Evans.
(d) Robert Brown.

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

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

4. What apathetic division of the Justice department did Robert Kennedy try to change?
(a) The anti-trust division.
(b) The social services division.
(c) The special services division.
(d) The criminal justice division.

5. Who died in a plane crash when Robert Kennedy married?
(a) Rosemary Eunice.
(b) Rose Hoover.
(c) Ethel Skakel.
(d) Kathleen Kennedy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is counter-insurgency?

2. ______________ was Irish, an ardent anti-Communist, and liked by the Kennedy family initially.

3. What region of the world resented American interference to assist French armed forces?

4. Whose Senate campaign did Robert Kennedy manage?

5. Who did the most notorious anti-trust case to come under investigation involve?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What effect did the Cold War have on American foreign policy?

4. How did Joe become involved in politics?

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

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

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

8. Describe how Robert Kennedy's travels abroad affected his study and subsequent work.

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

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

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