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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 11-12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Kennedy ask Chester Bowles for advice on?
(a) Military analysis.
(b) Budget cuts.
(c) Foreign policy.
(d) Campaigning.

2. What does Halberstam say Kennedy had done in response to the meeting with Russians in Vienna?
(a) He reduced America's nuclear arsenal.
(b) He increased troop strength in Berlin.
(c) He removed troops from Poland.
(d) He sent an advisory committee to Vietnam.

3. What does Halberstam say McNamara had done while he was at Ford?
(a) Created a fiscal crisis.
(b) Busted a unionization attempt.
(c) Innovated in the design of the production process.
(d) Raised the quality of the product without raising the cost.

4. When Kennedy did not authorize more troops, what does Halberstam say he told the Pentagon?
(a) To plan to redeploy combat troops.
(b) To develop plans to expand the war to Cambodia.
(c) To prepare a larger engagement.
(d) To develop an exit strategy.

5. Which issue was NOT confronting the nation when the Kennedy administration took office?
(a) Reconstruction.
(b) China policy.
(c) Missiles.
(d) Civil rights.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose theories had been used as the basis for expanded militarization in the late 1940s?

2. Why did Robert Lovett demur about being appointed in the Kennedy administration?

3. What issue did Joseph McCarthy use to energize voters?

4. What events does Halberstam say affected American perceptions of its global priorities?

5. Who was named to head the U.S. command in Saigon in January 1962?

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