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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 people in America who opposed military action in Vietnam say about the developing conflict in the 1960s?
(a) That it was a civil war that did not involve the U.S.
(b) That it was important to stop to prevent the spread of Communism.
(c) That it caused civil unrest at home.
(d) That it was a strategic location to fight the Soviet Union from.

2. According to Robert Kennedy, what needed to be addressed in America to move forward peacefully?
(a) Suffering.
(b) Racial discord.
(c) Religious strife.
(d) Disease.

3. What did Robert Kennedy call the shame of poverty?
(a) That poverty created abuse.
(b) That the wealthiest nation could tolerate such conditions for its poor.
(c) That poverty created illiteracy.
(d) That poor people had no clothes to wear.

4. Where did many migrant workers in America during the late 1960s live?
(a) Cars and buses.
(b) Under railroads.
(c) In apartments.
(d) On rooftops.

5. Who assisted in secret negotiations with Castro?
(a) John Donovan.
(b) Vladimir Putin.
(c) Khruschev.
(d) Mikhail Gorbachev.

Short Answer Questions

1. What military initiative served to make a new political candidate popular?

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

3. What did Robert Kennedy vehemently oppose as it escalated by 1967?

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

5. Who did Robert Kennedy want the Americans to negotiate with in Vietnam?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Robert Kennedy in the Senate.

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

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

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

5. Why did the Tet Offensive increase animosity of the American public towards the Vietnam War?

6. How did the role of the Alliance for Progress change under the Johnson administration?

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

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

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

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

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