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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 was the hated dictator in former Indochina in the 1960s?
(a) Diem.
(b) Ho Chi Minh.
(c) Saigon.
(d) Laos.
2. Who failed to ask enough questions as a political leader during the insurgency in Vietnam?
(a) President Johnson.
(b) President Kennedy.
(c) Cabot Lodge.
(d) Robert Kennedy.
3. Who did Robert Kennedy spend time trying to assist for most of his career?
(a) The argumentative Southern Baptists.
(b) The wealthy suburban Democrats.
(c) The poor and disenfranchised.
(d) The feisty Boston Whalers.
4. What did Robert Kennedy openly criticize about American policy in Vietnam?
(a) Inability to quickly win the war.
(b) Lack of support from the locals.
(c) Failure to overthrow the Communists.
(d) Failure to hold negotiations and lack of reform in South Vietnam.
5. Who launched a successful attack against American forces in Vietnam?
(a) Communist forces of General Nguyen.
(b) North Vietnamese and Viet Cong.
(c) Ho Chi Minh.
(d) Communist forces of China.
Short Answer Questions
1. What was happening in America in 1968?
2. What operation launched by the CIA in Cuba also met with disastrous results?
3. According to Robert Kennedy, what needed to be addressed in America to move forward peacefully?
4. What did Robert Kennedy find unbearable in the 1960s?
5. To whom did Robert Kennedy turn to guide him through agricultural areas in the late 1960s and to understand how people lived?
Short Essay Questions
1. What did Robert Kennedy think about the war in Vietnam?
2. What did Robert Kennedy do to improve American foreign policy in 1963?
3. How did Johnson use Robert Kennedy's popularity as Attorney General for his own gain?
4. After Robert Kennedy left the government, what changes happened in the Justice Department?
5. What was happening to the American people as the Vietnam War dragged on?
6. What did Robert Kennedy discover when he traveled abroad?
7. How was Diem ousted by power, and what did the American military do after the dictator was removed?
8. What did Robert Kennedy think were the most important issues facing America?
9. What was happening in Indochina in the 1960s?
10. How did Robert Kennedy differ from Lyndon B. Johnson on national issues?
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