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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 9-10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What events does Halberstam say affected American perceptions of its global priorities?
(a) The revolution in Cuba.
(b) The agitation of labor unions in America and Europe.
(c) The tension over civil rights in America.
(d) The escalation of the Cold War and the fall of China.

2. Why hadn't Roosevelt stopped the French from returning to Indochina after the war, in Halberstam's account?
(a) There was no post-war plan to prevent them.
(b) He could not get a censure from the United Nations.
(c) He needed France for its support of American monetary policy.
(d) He did not have the authority to.

3. What does Halberstam say was the result of the Chinese Revolution and the McCarthy period?
(a) The U.S. took pre-emptive action against Communism.
(b) The U.S. took an aggressive stance toward Communism.
(c) The U.S. sought out diplomatic solutions.
(d) The U.S. strengthened trade ties in Europe.

4. What was the logic behind the U.S.'s actions after the 1961 fact-finding mission?
(a) Wait for the Vietnamese elections.
(b) Further delay would defuse the situation.
(c) A show of force would intimidate the Vietcong.
(d) Inaction would allow trade to develop.

5. What position had Robert Lovett been appointed to in 1947?
(a) Secretary of Defense.
(b) Secretary of State.
(c) Undersecretary of State.
(d) Secretary of the Interior.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which situation had the biggest effect on the Kennedy administration in 1961?

2. How did the Kennedy administration see the war in Vietnam?

3. Which issue was NOT confronting the nation when the Kennedy administration took office?

4. Whom had Eleanor Roosevelt wanted Kennedy to appoint as Secretary of State?

5. Why didn't Kennedy offer the position of Secretary of State to McGeorge Bundy?

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