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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 36-38: Images; The Dilemma; the Decision.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What event in Wisconsin invoked the ire of Republicans?
(a) Bargaining on behalf of the company.
(b) The worker strike against Kohler plumbing.
(c) Communist demonstrations.
(d) Unfair labor practices.

2. What did American political parties press for in Vietnam in the 1960s?
(a) Ground troops.
(b) Negotiations.
(c) Ceasefire.
(d) Helicopters.

3. What was the primary fear concerning these nations for Americans?
(a) That they would pollute the earth.
(b) That they would become Communist and controlled by Russia and China.
(c) That they would develop nuclear arsenal.
(d) That they would massacre innocent civilians.

4. Why did John Kennedy travel to Texas in November 1963?
(a) To meet with Lyndon B. Johnson.
(b) To promote himself and fellow elected officials to the public.
(c) To start the Vietnam War.
(d) To visit his grandmother.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which child of the Kennedy clan had a mental disease?

2. Which issue did Robert Kennedy think posed the greatest threat facing the nation?

3. Who traveled to Asia and witnessed the new nationalism arising in those countries?

4. What military initiative served to make a new political candidate popular?

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

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