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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. What did Robert Kennedy discover during his travel to Latin America to garner support for the Alliance for Progress?
(a) There is a lot of Anti-American sentiment among the people of these nations.
(b) The Alliance for Progress is run by a Communist dictator.
(c) The FBI was working with the CIA to undermine the Alliance for Progress.
(d) The Soviet Union was secretly overtaking many governments in Latin America.

2. Who was the first Black justice official appointed by the Attorney General?
(a) Burke Marshall.
(b) Reverend Martin Luther King Jr.
(c) Robert McAllister.
(d) George Wallace.

3. Which segment of the American population began to support Robert Kennedy's view of the war in 1967?
(a) Ivy League graduates.
(b) Richest Americans.
(c) Middle class.
(d) Poorest Americans.

4. Which two governors openly defied the 1954 Brown vs. Board of Education?
(a) Ross Barnett of Mississippi and George Wallace of Alabama.
(b) Ross Barnett of Alabama and George Wallace of Mississippi.
(c) Taylor Manning of Tennessee and Roy Chace of South Carolina.
(d) Strom Thurmond of Georgia and Clint Black of Florida.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who provided the American ground troops for Vietnam?

2. Instead of bombing Vietnam, what did Robert Kennedy propose?

3. What operation launched by the CIA in Cuba also met with disastrous results?

4. What did Robert Kennedy vehemently oppose as it escalated by 1967?

5. What dilemma faced the Justice Department when civil rights leaders in the South were brutalized?

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