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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 the American public grow alarmed about in 1967?
(a) The cost of the war in terms of money and human lives.
(b) The rising cost of inflation.
(c) Education.
(d) Poverty.

2. When John Kennedy stood for reelection, what was the country enamored by?
(a) Martin Luther King.
(b) Southern Baptists.
(c) Southern Democrats.
(d) The New Frontier and the culture of Camelot.

3. Who resigned as Attorney General in 1964?
(a) Lyndon B. Johnson.
(b) Herbert Hoover.
(c) Robert Kennedy.
(d) James Erwin.

4. What did Robert Kennedy try to do to help the poor in America?
(a) Segregate them.
(b) Offer them housing alternatives.
(c) Put them on islands far away from urban centers.
(d) Bring them into the mainstream of an abundant society.

5. Who launched a successful attack against American forces in Vietnam?
(a) Communist forces of China.
(b) North Vietnamese and Viet Cong.
(c) Ho Chi Minh.
(d) Communist forces of General Nguyen.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did people in America who opposed military action in Vietnam say about the developing conflict in the 1960s?

2. What gained popularity in Vietnam in the 1960s?

3. What did many Democrats want Robert Kennedy to do in 1964?

4. What did Robert Kennedy find out when he traveled to Latin America?

5. When Robert Kennedy announced his Presidential candidacy in 1968, what happened within his own party?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. Describe Robert Kennedy in the Senate.

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

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

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

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

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