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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 19-22: The Kennedys and the Cold War; the CIA and Counterinsurgency; The Cuban Connection: I; Robert Kennedy and the Missile Crisis.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What apathetic division of the Justice department did Robert Kennedy try to change?
(a) The special services division.
(b) The anti-trust division.
(c) The criminal justice division.
(d) The social services division.

3. As Attorney General, what did Robert Kennedy become well known for?
(a) Ineptitude.
(b) Cowardice.
(c) Ruthlessness.
(d) High expectations and ideals.

4. What discouraged Robert Kennedy during his work in the Justice Department?
(a) Violation of civil rights.
(b) Joe McCarthy's popularity.
(c) Death of his brother.
(d) His inability to obtain indictments of the big players in labor and management corruption.

5. Whose Vice-Presidential bid failed in 1956?
(a) Joe McCarthy.
(b) Patrick Kennedy.
(c) Herbert Hoover.
(d) John F. Kennedy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did staunch conservatives want John F. Kennedy to do regarding foreign policy?

2. Who did Robert Kennedy secretly negotiate a truce with that ended the Cuban missile crisis?

3. What was on the mind of Americans when John Kennedy was elected as President?

4. Whose prosecution by Attorney General Robert Kennedy caused the ire of Lyndon B. Johnson?

5. Who were two personal friends of the Kennedy family that were also prosecuted?

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