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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 one of Robert Kennedy's early disappointments with the Johnson administration?
(a) Failure to remove poverty.
(b) Failure to remove extremists.
(c) Change in purpose of the Alliance for Progress.
(d) Inability to stop civil unrest.

2. What policy did the U.S. government take in 1962-3 towards preventing the spread of Communism abroad?
(a) Sending aid to growing nations.
(b) Building a gigantic wall in Cuba.
(c) Sending off troops to Asia.
(d) Sending off troops to Africa.

3. What devastated Robert Kennedy?
(a) The death of the president.
(b) The building of nuclear Iran.
(c) The arrival of twins.
(d) The creation of South Vietnam.

4. Where were the problems of Latin America replicated in the 1960s?
(a) Africa.
(b) South America.
(c) Indochina.
(d) Australia.

5. What two issues had Lyndon B. Johnson failed to address adequately as President?
(a) Communist and despotic foreign governments.
(b) Ending the war and poverty.
(c) Civil rights and civil unions.
(d) Environmental degradation and hunger strikes.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happened to John Kennedy in Texas in November 1963?

2. To whom did Robert Kennedy turn to guide him through agricultural areas in the late 1960s and to understand how people lived?

3. What decision did President Johnson make about the war in Vietnam during the 1960s?

4. What did Johnson want to use Robert Kennedy for?

5. Which segment of the American population began to support Robert Kennedy's view of the war in 1967?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did America's reputation suffer in the early 1960s?

2. How did Robert Kennedy differ from Lyndon B. Johnson on national issues?

3. What did Kennedy do to ease tensions with Cuba?

4. Where did Cesar Chavez take Robert Kennedy, and what effect did it have on Kennedy?

5. Why was Robert Kennedy labeled a "reformer" during the Vietnam War?

6. What action did the Pentagon take in Vietnam against the advice of Robert Kennedy?

7. What did Robert Kennedy think about the war in Vietnam?

8. How was Diem ousted by power, and what did the American military do after the dictator was removed?

9. What happened during the 1963 election campaign that devastated Robert Kennedy?

10. Describe Robert Kennedy in the Senate.

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