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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 did Johnson want to use Robert Kennedy for?
(a) To draft civil rights legislature.
(b) To win over Southern conservatives.
(c) To fight the war in Vietnam.
(d) To win over Southern Baptists.

2. What two issues did Robert Kennedy choose to address from 1963 onwards?
(a) Juvenile delinquency and crime.
(b) Murder and disenfranchisement.
(c) Poverty and civil rights.
(d) Destitution and rape.

3. What did Robert Kennedy find out when he traveled to Latin America?
(a) The people were wildly enthusiastic about his arrival.
(b) The people resented American support of despotic governments simply for being anti-Communist.
(c) Latin America was under heavy bombardment.
(d) The Latin American people were violently oppressed by dictators.

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

5. Instead of bombing Vietnam, what did Robert Kennedy propose?
(a) Ground troop attacks.
(b) Truce.
(c) Negotiations.
(d) Leaving.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did many migrant workers in America during the late 1960s live?

2. What devastated Robert Kennedy?

3. Who launched a successful attack against American forces in Vietnam?

4. What did Robert Kennedy call the shame of poverty?

5. Who signed a limited test ban treaty in 1963?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What difficult decision did Robert Kennedy take after the Tet Offensive?

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

5. What effect did the Vietnam War have on the Johnson administration?

6. What did Robert Kennedy do after he resigned as Attorney General?

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

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

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

10. Describe Robert Kennedy in the Senate.

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