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Questions 1-5 of 25:

1.

What did staunch conservatives want John F. Kennedy to do regarding foreign policy? (from Chapters 19-22: The Kennedys and the Cold War; the CIA and Counterinsurgency; The Cuban Connection: I; Robert Kennedy and the Missile Crisis)

Step down.

Offer a strong military response to Communism.

Offer a peaceful treaty to Soviet Union.

Concede defeat to anarchists.

2.

What services did the model community program offer in New York? (from Chapters 17-18: The Politics of Justice; Justice and Poverty)

Crisis intervention and conflict resolution.

Education and foster homes.

Access to food, clean beds, and clean clothes.

Early childhood intervention, vocational training, employment, day care, and legal services.

3.

How did Robert Kennedy gain popularity after the 1968 assassination? (from Chapters 39-41: The Journey Begins; The Long Day Wanes; To Sail Beyond...the Western Stars, Until I Die)

He bribed people.

He was able to speak freely to both blacks and whites.

He took over the government.

He was the brother of the dead president.

4.

Where did Robert Kennedy research poverty? (from Chapters 17-18: The Politics of Justice; Justice and Poverty)

In the library.

Urban ghettos.

In a law firm.

In the courtroom.

5.

Whose supporters lashed out at Robert Kennedy as an opportunist during the Democratic nomination? (from Chapters 39-41: The Journey Begins; The Long Day Wanes; To Sail Beyond...the Western Stars, Until I Die)

Eugene McCarthy's.

Lyndon B. Johnson's.

Joe McCarthy's

Hubert Humphrey's.

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