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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 happened to Vietnam when Indochina broke up into four countries?
(a) Vietnam was bombed.
(b) Vietnam was assimilated into Communist China.
(c) Vietnam was divided into Communist North and Non-Communist South.
(d) Vietman was rife with anarchy.

2. What did Robert Kennedy warn against in Latin America when Johnson became President?
(a) The decline of Castro.
(b) The popularity of oligarchical leaders.
(c) The violent revolution sponsored by the Johnson administration.
(d) The growth of Communism.

3. What was Robert Kennedy's margin when he won a Senate seat in New York?
(a) 700 votes.
(b) 700,000 votes.
(c) 8,000 votes.
(d) 800 votes.

4. After the Bay of Pigs Incident, how did American politicians differ on what to do next?
(a) Joe McCarthy won support among conservatives to run against Robert Kennedy as Attorney General.
(b) Liberals encouraged the use of arms while conservatives proposed an air strike.
(c) Conservatives wanted to overthrow the Kennedy administration while liberals wanted to send a diplomatic mission to Cuba.
(d) Conservatives pressed for an all out invasion while Robert Kennedy was concerned with securing the release of American prisoners.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did some Americans believe that staying in Vietnam was important?

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

3. To whom did Robert Kennedy turn to guide him through agricultural areas in the late 1960s and to understand how people lived?

4. What did Robert Kennedy find unbearable in the 1960s?

5. What did Robert Kennedy discover about the FBI and the CIA after the assassination of the President?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What did Robert Kennedy discover when he traveled abroad?

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

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

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

8. What was happening in Indochina in the 1960s?

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

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

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