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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 openly criticize about American policy in Vietnam?

2. What did Robert Kennedy vehemently oppose as it escalated by 1967?

3. Why did some Americans believe that staying in Vietnam was important?

4. What did Robert Kennedy promise to third-world countries?

5. What organization assisted in social and economic reform in Latin America and thus prevented Communist takeovers?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Robert Kennedy warn the U.S. government about in Latin America?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

How does counter-insurgency differ from action diplomacy? Which is more effective and why? Give examples.

Essay Topic 3

What was the Alliance for Progress? What did this organization do under John F. Kennedy? How did its purpose change under the Johnson administration? Who opposed the alliance's new focus? Explain.

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