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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 incident occurred in 1968 in Vietnam that antagonized public opinion toward Johnson?
(a) Arrival of Soviet troops in Miami.
(b) Tet Offensive.
(c) Division of Vietnam into North and South Vietnam.
(d) Murder of Joe McCarthy.

2. What did Robert Kennedy see on reservations in the 1960s?
(a) Industry.
(b) Hopelessness.
(c) Prosperity.
(d) Large casinos.

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

4. Which segment of the American population began to support Robert Kennedy's view of the war in 1967?
(a) Middle class.
(b) Richest Americans.
(c) Ivy League graduates.
(d) Poorest Americans.

5. Who provided the American ground troops for Vietnam?
(a) Corporations.
(b) America's elite Ivy League school graduates.
(c) America's poor.
(d) Republican party officials.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Robert Kennedy's margin when he won a Senate seat in New York?

2. Whose administration was falling apart as the war in Vietnam continued to rage in 1967?

3. What did Robert Kennedy warn against in Latin America when Johnson became President?

4. Who did Robert Kennedy want the Americans to negotiate with in Vietnam?

5. What did Johnson want to use Robert Kennedy for?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What did Robert Kennedy do to improve American foreign policy in 1963?

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

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

5. 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?

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

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

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

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

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

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