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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 decision did President Johnson make about the war in Vietnam during the 1960s?
(a) To withdraw troops immediately.
(b) To overthrow the government in a military coup.
(c) To stay and add more troops.
(d) To gradually withdraw troops in a year.

2. Who ran on the political platform of ending the war in 1968?
(a) James Kirk.
(b) Joe McCarthy.
(c) Eugene McCarthy.
(d) Robert Kennedy.

3. What became the new policy of the Johnson administration toward Latin America in the 1960s?
(a) Support U.S. corporations doing business there.
(b) Create democracy.
(c) Overthrow governments.
(d) Eradicate poverty.

4. What two different sides of Robert Kennedy emerged in 1968?
(a) Powerful ally and weak parent.
(b) Idealist and realist.
(c) Good cop and bad cop.
(d) Ruthless dictator and compassionate leader.

5. Who told the American public that the Americans were winning in Vietnam in 1968?
(a) Margaret Thatcher and American corporations.
(b) President Johnson and General Westmoreland.
(c) Robert Kennedy and the CIA.
(d) Joe McCarthy and the Communist party of Cuba.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why did John Kennedy travel to Texas in November 1963?

3. What relationship continued to deteriorate in 1964?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. After Robert Kennedy left the government, what changes happened in the Justice Department?

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

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

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

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