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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 disastrous incident failed miserably in Cuba and resulted in the death of numerous invading troops?
(a) Capturing the citadel.
(b) Port de Santiago.
(c) Bay of Pigs.
(d) Hasta Luego.

2. Who was a staunch Democrat in an era of Republican dominance?
(a) Joe McCarthy.
(b) Walter Reuther.
(c) Jimmy Hoffa.
(d) Jason Fried.

3. Where did Robert Kennedy get a position because of his father's influence?
(a) Attorney General's office.
(b) Senate.
(c) House of Representatives.
(d) Senate Investigations Committee.

4. What were two measures the Attorney General Robert Kennedy took to repair inequality in the court system?
(a) He built bigger, stronger prisons.
(b) He removed the need for lawyers and bail in all cases.
(c) He encouraged the use of death penalty and waterboarding.
(d) He encouraged rehabilitation and separating the youth from hardened criminals.

5. Who did the most notorious anti-trust case to come under investigation involve?
(a) Six steel companies.
(b) Automobile workers.
(c) Paper mill companies.
(d) Telephone companies.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the primary fear concerning these nations for Americans?

2. Why did Robert Kennedy spearhead covert negotiations with Castro?

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

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

5. What immigrants were not popular in the 1800s in America?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Robert Kennedy do to mitigate hostile relations with Cuba?

2. What was Robert Kennedy's role in the investigation of Kohler Plumbing?

3. What did Robert Kennedy do in New York to improve the lives of the poverty-stricken?

4. How did the CIA act on its own accord in Cuba at this time?

5. What action did Robert Kennedy take to avert the escalation of the Cuban Missile Crisis?

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

7. Whose appointment as an Assistant Attorney General invoked rage, and what was the immediate consequence of this action?

8. What role did Robert Kennedy play in the early 1950s in government?

9. How did Joe become involved in politics?

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

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