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

2. Who ran on the political platform of ending the war in 1968?

3. What was one of Robert Kennedy's early disappointments with the Johnson administration?

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

5. Why was Robert Kennedy considered a reformer in America during the 1960s?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What effect did the Vietnam War have on the Johnson administration?

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

5. How did the role of the Alliance for Progress change under the Johnson administration?

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

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

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

9. What did Robert Kennedy think about the war in Vietnam?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Joseph McCarthy classified many American citizens as Communist "subversives." How did this classification isolate these people and engender fear in the public? What effect did this classification have on the judicial system initially when McCarthy reigns supreme? What effect did it have when McCarthy is removed from power? Describe.

Essay Topic 2

In this book, Schlesinger discusses many significant issues facing the American justice system in the 1950s and 1960s such as organized crime, civil rights legislation, and accountability. What was Robert Kennedy's position on each of these issues? How did his political stance (both rhetoric and action) result in the characterization of an honest, blunt, and passionate prosecutor?

Essay Topic 3

Define, compare, and contrast the basic elements of segregation and integration. What are merits or disadvantages of each? Share your opinion.

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