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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 resigned in 1964?
(a) Herbert Hoover.
(b) Cabinet members and advisors to John Kennedy.
(c) Robert Kennedy.
(d) Joe McNamara.

2. After riots in 1967, where did President Johnson's focus shift?
(a) Economy.
(b) Internal security and crime control.
(c) Housing.
(d) Civil rights.

3. How did Robert Kennedy secure the release American prisoners in the early 1960s?
(a) Through a submarine.
(b) Through bombing Cuba.
(c) Through secret negotations with Castro.
(d) Through an air attack.

4. Who moved in a direction independent of the Soviet Union following the release of American prisoners in Cuba?
(a) Robert Kennedy.
(b) John Kennedy.
(c) Fidel Castro.
(d) Joe McCarthy.

5. Who ran on the political platform of ending the war in 1968?
(a) Eugene McCarthy.
(b) Robert Kennedy.
(c) James Kirk.
(d) Joe McCarthy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did American political parties press for in Vietnam in the 1960s?

2. Who provided the American ground troops for Vietnam?

3. What policy did the U.S. government take in 1962-3 towards preventing the spread of Communism abroad?

4. What was Robert Kennedy's margin when he won a Senate seat in New York?

5. What was one of Robert Kennedy's early disappointments with the Johnson administration?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was happening to the American people as the Vietnam War dragged on?

2. What did Robert Kennedy think were the most important issues facing America?

3. After Robert Kennedy left the government, what changes happened in the Justice Department?

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

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

6. What did Robert Kennedy do to improve American foreign policy in 1963?

7. Robert Kennedy emerged as a champion of the rights of certain people. Who were they?

8. What did Robert Kennedy warn the U.S. government about in Latin America?

9. How did Johnson use Robert Kennedy's popularity as Attorney General for his own gain?

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

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