This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 30-33: The Foreign Policy Breach: Latin America; Vietnam Legacy; The Breach Widens: Vietnam; The Breach Widens: South Africa, New York.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Robert Kennedy discover about the Teamsters Union's president?
(a) The president started anarchist demonstrations.
(b) The president went to Vietnam to raise civil unrest.
(c) Hoffa was involved with organized crime.
(d) The president was responsible for the assassination of diplomats.

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

3. When John Kennedy stood for reelection, what was the country enamored by?
(a) The New Frontier and the culture of Camelot.
(b) Southern Democrats.
(c) Martin Luther King.
(d) Southern Baptists.

4. What was the old practice of American politics?
(a) Political decisions were made in small rooms, and "bosses" controlled who ran for office.
(b) Young people were energized to mobilize powerful political campaigns.
(c) The Italian mob controlled all political decision-making.
(d) Fathers gave sons jobs.

5. Who married a banking millionaire and had nine children?
(a) Rose Fitzgerald.
(b) Joseph Kennedy.
(c) Eunice Hoover.
(d) Joseph McCarthy.