Robert Kennedy and His Times Quiz

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Questions 1-5 of 25:

1.

After riots in 1967, where did President Johnson's focus shift? (from Chapter 34-35: Time of Troubles; Tribune of the Underclass)

Economy.

Housing.

Civil rights.

Internal security and crime control.

2.

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.

3.

Who did the most notorious anti-trust case to come under investigation involve? (from Chapters 17-18: The Politics of Justice; Justice and Poverty)

Telephone companies.

Six steel companies.

Automobile workers.

Paper mill companies.

4.

What was on the mind of Americans when John Kennedy was elected as President? (from Chapters 19-22: The Kennedys and the Cold War; the CIA and Counterinsurgency; The Cuban Connection: I; Robert Kennedy and the Missile Crisis)

Cold War.

World War II.

Post-industrial boom.

Fascism.

5.

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)

Concede defeat to anarchists.

Offer a strong military response to Communism.

Step down.

Offer a peaceful treaty to Soviet Union.

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