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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) CIA.
(b) Security Council.
(c) Pentagon.
(d) FBI.

2. Who traveled to Asia and witnessed the new nationalism arising in those countries?
(a) John and Robert Kennedy.
(b) Herbert and Rose Hoover.
(c) Patrick and John Kennedy.
(d) Kathleen and Margaret Eunice.

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

4. 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 outlaw the Confederate flag.
(c) To build bigger prisons.
(d) To make the Justice Department less formal and holding meetings with virtually all employees.

5. Which two offices did the FBI director covertly oppose?
(a) State and municipal.
(b) National defense and civil rights.
(c) Civil unions and health care.
(d) Attorney General and President.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is counter-insurgency?

3. What did Attorney General Robert Kennedy discover during the process of judicial appointments?

4. What was a difficult decision that the Attorney General Robert Kennedy faced during judicial prosecutions?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. Describe the momentum the civil rights picked up after the death of student Medgar Evans.

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

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

9. Describe Joseph McCarthy.

10. How did Joe become involved in politics?

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