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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 began to study the migrant poor in America in the late 1960s?
(a) Robert Kennedy.
(b) Donald Trump.
(c) Herbert Humphrey.
(d) Cesar Chavez.

2. What operation launched by the CIA in Cuba also met with disastrous results?
(a) Operation Mongoose.
(b) Bay of Pigs.
(c) Fidel Capture.
(d) Khruschev Initiative.

3. What happened to John Kennedy in Texas in November 1963?
(a) He was assassinated.
(b) He began a war.
(c) He won an election.
(d) He got a degree.

4. Who failed to ask enough questions as a political leader during the insurgency in Vietnam?
(a) Robert Kennedy.
(b) Cabot Lodge.
(c) President Johnson.
(d) President Kennedy.

5. How many American troops were in Vietnam in 1968?
(a) 50,000.
(b) 525,000.
(c) 100,000.
(d) 10,000.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Robert Kennedy try to do to help the poor in America?

2. What did Robert Kennedy discover during his travel to Latin America to garner support for the Alliance for Progress?

3. What did Kennedy's studies of slum squalor in America during the 1960s reveal?

4. Who was exempted from the mandatory 70-year old retirement in 1964?

5. Why was Robert Kennedy hesitant to run for political office in 1968?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where did Robert Kennedy put his attention in 1967?

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

3. How did Robert Kennedy differ from the American military community in his view of what the country needed to focus on for peace and prosperity?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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