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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is counter-insurgency?
(a) Efforts of governments in emerging countries to fight revolutionaries trying to overthrow them.
(b) Guerilla warfare.
(c) The war efforts of underground citizens supported by the American military.
(d) The fight of local citizens against oppressive governments.

2. What did the Asian countries yearn to be free of?
(a) Violent anarchists.
(b) European imperialism.
(c) Southern insurgents.
(d) Communist influence.

3. Who witnessed poverty firsthand and saw postwar devastation in Europe?
(a) Thomas Gould.
(b) Robert McAllister.
(c) Herbert Hoover.
(d) Robert F. Kennedy.

4. Which two offices did the FBI director covertly oppose?
(a) National defense and civil rights.
(b) State and municipal.
(c) Civil unions and health care.
(d) Attorney General and President.

5. What did staunch conservatives want John F. Kennedy to do regarding foreign policy?
(a) Offer a strong military response to Communism.
(b) Concede defeat to anarchists.
(c) Offer a peaceful treaty to Soviet Union.
(d) Step down.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What role was Robert F. Kenned a great choice for but hesitant to take on for fear of nepotism?

3. Who was a staunch Democrat in an era of Republican dominance?

4. What was the policy of diplomacy ascribed to by Robert and John Kennedy?

5. What event in Wisconsin invoked the ire of Republicans?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the momentum the civil rights picked up after the death of student Medgar Evans.

2. What effect did the Cold War have on American foreign policy?

3. What was the controversy surrounding the candidate for Attorney General?

4. What action did Robert Kennedy take to enforce the 1954 Brown v Board of Education decision in the south?

5. What were some indictments that Robert Kennedy pursued as Attorney General that were difficult?

6. Describe what Robert Kennedy did to rectify unfair standards for the poor in America's justice system?

7. How did Robert Kennedy assist his brother in his 1960 Presidential campaign?

8. What was the direct political result of Robert Kennedy's investigation of the six steel companies in the anti-trust case?

9. How did the FBI function during the 1960s when John F. Kennedy came to power?

10. What did Robert Kennedy discover about juvenile delinquency in urban ghettos?

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