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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. What military initiative served to make a new political candidate popular?

2. What did many Democrats want Robert Kennedy to do in 1964?

3. What did Robert Kennedy try to do to help the poor in America?

4. Why was Robert Kennedy hesitant to run for political office in 1968?

5. Who began to study the migrant poor in America in the late 1960s?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Robert Kennedy do to improve American foreign policy in 1963?

2. Robert Kennedy emerged as a champion of the rights of certain people. Who were they?

3. After Robert Kennedy left the government, what changes happened in the Justice Department?

4. How was Diem ousted by power, and what did the American military do after the dictator was removed?

5. How did Johnson use Robert Kennedy's popularity as Attorney General for his own gain?

6. What did Robert Kennedy do after he resigned as Attorney General?

7. Why did the Tet Offensive increase animosity of the American public towards the Vietnam War?

8. What did Robert Kennedy think about the war in Vietnam?

9. What did Robert Kennedy discover when he traveled abroad?

10. Describe Robert Kennedy in the Senate.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the importance of the Brown versus Board of Education ruling in relationship to Medgar Evans.

Essay Topic 2

Describe the Bay of Pigs Incident and its effect on America's reputation. What action did the Kennedy government take to remedy the situation? Explain.

Essay Topic 3

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

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