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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did Robert Kennedy secretly negotiate a truce with that ended the Cuban missile crisis?

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

3. What favorite activity of Hoover's did Kennedy severely limit?

4. What services did the model community program offer in New York?

5. Who did Robert Kennedy marry?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How did Joe become involved in politics?

4. Describe how Robert Kennedy's travels abroad affected his study and subsequent work.

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

6. What personal tragedies happened in the Kennedy family during the war and subsequently?

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

8. Describe Joseph Patrick Kennedy.

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In this book, Schlesinger discusses many significant issues facing the American justice system in the 1950s and 1960s such as organized crime, civil rights legislation, and accountability. What was Robert Kennedy's position on each of these issues? How did his political stance (both rhetoric and action) result in the characterization of an honest, blunt, and passionate prosecutor?

Essay Topic 2

Robert Kennedy made several trips abroad, some alone and some with his brother. Each trip affected him profoundly. Describe two examples of trips abroad taken by Kennedy and their effects on his life choices and decision-making. What choices did he make subsequently that reflected his awareness of the longings and frustrations of people in developing nations? Explain.

Essay Topic 3

How does counter-insurgency differ from action diplomacy? Which is more effective and why? Give examples.

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