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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 was Kennedy's relationship with the press during his presidential campaign?
(a) He had to quash a few stories that were critical to his campaign.
(b) He had the support of most of the press.
(c) He had a number of hostile enemies in the press.
(d) He had a contentious relationship with the press.

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

3. Why did the Americans back down on demands for reform in Vietnam in 1962, in Halberstam's account?
(a) Diem had begun to renege on his promises.
(b) They lost confidence that reforms could be implemented.
(c) Diem could not afford reforms.
(d) Reforms had already been accomplished.

4. What did Chester Bowles think was the most important issue to confront?
(a) Poverty.
(b) Budget cuts.
(c) Race issues.
(d) Military expansion.

5. What does Halberstam say Americans were united about in the early 1960s?
(a) The need to fight Communism.
(b) The need to establish military supremacy.
(c) The need to grant civil rights.
(d) The need to balance the budget.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the Geneva Convention decide in Vietnam?

2. What position had Robert Lovett been appointed to in 1947?

3. What does Halberstam say was the result of the Thanksgiving Day Massacre?

4. How many troops were in Vietnam when Kennedy was assassinated?

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

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