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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 27 - Epilogue - Final Word.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which problem did NOT arise for the Kennedy administration during 1961?
(a) Financial crisis.
(b) Arms race.
(c) Bay of Pigs invasion.
(d) Escalation of problems in Laos.

2. Who oversaw domestic operations of the operation code named 34A?
(a) Maxwell Taylor.
(b) General Westmoreland.
(c) McGeorge Bundy.
(d) General Harkins.

3. What had happened to reduce the Communism threat by the time McNamara took over as Secretary of Defense?
(a) McCarthy had purged Communists from American politics.
(b) Communism had failed in North Korea.
(c) Cuba had instituted its own version of Communism.
(d) Russia and China had split.

4. Which situation had the biggest effect on the Kennedy administration in 1961?
(a) The financial crisis.
(b) The Bay of Pigs.
(c) The Gulf of Tonkin incident.
(d) China policy.

5. When did Kennedy become well known in Washington?
(a) When he first entered politics.
(b) During the Cuban Missile Crisis.
(c) In his race for Senate.
(d) In the 1960 campaign.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the U.S. embassy offer to Diem and Nhu when the coup began?

2. What plan was the U.S. government preparing for by the end of 1964?

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

4. What does Halberstam say was the purpose of operation Rolling Thunder?

5. Why does Halberstam say that September and October of 1963 were good for the Kennedy administration?

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