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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. Where were the problems of Latin America replicated in the 1960s?
(a) South America.
(b) Indochina.
(c) Australia.
(d) Africa.
2. What American policy change instigated by the Johnson administration did Robert Kennedy oppose in Latin America?
(a) Withholding aid unless American corporations were given advantages.
(b) Removing dictators.
(c) Fighting with revolutionaries.
(d) Installing puppet regimes.
3. Who provided the American ground troops for Vietnam?
(a) America's poor.
(b) America's elite Ivy League school graduates.
(c) Corporations.
(d) Republican party officials.
4. Who signed a limited test ban treaty in 1963?
(a) Cuba and the Soviet Union.
(b) Cuba and Vietnam.
(c) United States and Vietnam.
(d) United States and the Soviet Union.
5. Who ran on the political platform of ending the war in 1968?
(a) James Kirk.
(b) Joe McCarthy.
(c) Eugene McCarthy.
(d) Robert Kennedy.
Short Answer Questions
1. What incident occurred in 1968 in Vietnam that antagonized public opinion toward Johnson?
2. When Robert Kennedy returned to the Justice Department after the death of his brother, who did he find in charge?
3. What did American political parties press for in Vietnam in the 1960s?
4. Who led a military coup to oust Diem from office?
5. Instead of bombing Vietnam, what did Robert Kennedy propose?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why was Robert Kennedy labeled a "reformer" during the Vietnam War?
2. What did Robert Kennedy think about the war in Vietnam?
3. What was happening to the American people as the Vietnam War dragged on?
4. What was happening in Indochina in the 1960s?
5. How did Robert Kennedy differ from Lyndon B. Johnson on national issues?
6. Robert Kennedy emerged as a champion of the rights of certain people. Who were they?
7. What did Robert Kennedy think were the most important issues facing America?
8. Where did Robert Kennedy put his attention in 1967?
9. How did Johnson use Robert Kennedy's popularity as Attorney General for his own gain?
10. What did Kennedy do to ease tensions with Cuba?
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