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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 34-35: Time of Troubles; Tribune of the Underclass.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Robert Kennedy, what needed to be addressed in America to move forward peacefully?
(a) Racial discord.
(b) Religious strife.
(c) Suffering.
(d) Disease.

2. What operation launched by the CIA in Cuba also met with disastrous results?
(a) Operation Mongoose.
(b) Fidel Capture.
(c) Khruschev Initiative.
(d) Bay of Pigs.

3. What did Robert Kennedy vehemently oppose as it escalated by 1967?
(a) Vietnam War.
(b) Cuban Missile Crisis.
(c) Alliance for Progress.
(d) Soviet invasion.

4. In what five areas was civil rights legislation enforced?
(a) Marriage, home ownership, bus travel, shared housing, and community dining.
(b) Education, transportation, suffrage, housing, and employment.
(c) Federal parks, state parks, public buildings, airlines, and taxis.
(d) Security, commerce, research, legislation, and justice.

5. What two national issues gave the FBI director prominence?
(a) War and starvation.
(b) Civil unrest and anarchy.
(c) Global genocide and environmental catastrophes.
(d) Communism and Naziism.

Short Answer Questions

1. What favorite activity of Hoover's did Kennedy severely limit?

2. Which organization worked outside the confines and control of any governmental branch or agency?

3. Who was the first Black justice official appointed by the Attorney General?

4. What did the CIA attempt to do to Fidel Castro and failed?

5. Who had terrifying power as the head of the FBI?

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