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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where did Hoover get most of his information about organized crime?
(a) Bugging.
(b) Infiltration.
(c) Secret observers.
(d) Videotapes.

3. What did America have to do to prevent the rise of Communism?
(a) Install a puppet regime in Indochina.
(b) Give away land.
(c) Become more involved in world affairs.
(d) Lead insurgent armies.

4. What did Robert Kennedy study at Harvard?
(a) International business.
(b) E-commerce.
(c) Constitutional law.
(d) History.

5. Who convinced an American President to invade Cuba in the 1960s?
(a) Jorge Guerra.
(b) CIA.
(c) Fidel Castro.
(d) Robert Kennedy.

6. What was American policy in the emerging nations of Asia and Africa?
(a) To wage war against despots.
(b) To spread democracy.
(c) To prevent the spread of communism.
(d) To overthrow existing governments.

7. Who had terrifying power as the head of the FBI?
(a) J. Edgar Hoover.
(b) George Wallace.
(c) Herbert Hoover.
(d) Walter Mondale.

8. What was on the mind of Americans when John Kennedy was elected as President?
(a) World War II.
(b) Cold War.
(c) Post-industrial boom.
(d) Fascism.

9. What services did the model community program offer in New York?
(a) Crisis intervention and conflict resolution.
(b) Education and foster homes.
(c) Access to food, clean beds, and clean clothes.
(d) Early childhood intervention, vocational training, employment, day care, and legal services.

10. Whose prosecution by Attorney General Robert Kennedy caused the ire of Lyndon B. Johnson?
(a) Bobby Baker.
(b) George Wallace.
(c) J. Vincent Keoh.
(d) Eunice Kennedy.

11. What did Robert Kennedy find was a frequent result of poverty?
(a) Depression.
(b) Armed robbery.
(c) Juvenile deliquency.
(d) Theft.

12. What party did Adlai Stevenson belong to?
(a) Independent.
(b) Republican.
(c) Progressive.
(d) Democratic.

13. Under what president had the Pentagon grown very popular prior to John Kennedy assuming office?
(a) Taft.
(b) Carter.
(c) Eisenhower.
(d) Roosevelt.

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

15. After the landmark anti-trust case, what distinction occurred between the two political parties?
(a) The Republican party stood for white collar work while the Democratic party stood for blue collar work.
(b) The Republican party represented business while the Democratic party represented labor.
(c) The Republican party aligned with the military while the Democratic party advocated education.
(d) The Republican party opposed civil rights legislation while the Democratic party supported it.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who died in a plane crash when Robert Kennedy married?

2. What organization was created to support American foreign policy in the 1960s?

3. How did the American government sully its reputation abroad during the 1960s?

4. Who embarked upon a witch hunt to expel Communists from America?

5. Who wanted to immediately take action to retaliate against the placement of missiles in Cuba?

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