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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of the insurgent guerrilla force in southern Vietnam in the 1960s?

2. Who failed to ask enough questions as a political leader during the insurgency in Vietnam?

3. Where did many migrant workers in America during the late 1960s live?

4. Who was the hated dictator in former Indochina in the 1960s?

5. What did the CIA attempt to do to Fidel Castro and failed?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. Why did America's reputation suffer in the early 1960s?

8. 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?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What was the Tet Offensive? Why was this important to changing public opinion about the Vietnam War? How did this event affect the subsequent American presidential race? Describe.

Essay Topic 2

Both John F. Kennedy and Robert Kennedy are important characters.

Part 1) Compare John F. Kennedy to Robert Kennedy. How were these two brothers similar and how were they different?

Part 2) What inspirational purpose did Robert's role in the justice department offer John F. Kennedy? Elaborate on this.

Part 3) What effect did John F. Kennedy's assassination have on Robert Kennedy in the immediate short-term and the long-term? Explain.

Essay Topic 3

Tensions between certain characters offer insight into unfolding dramatic events. Pick two important individuals that interact with each other and discuss their volatile relationship within the context of historical events. How did their conflict advance a theory or effect if any? Explain.

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