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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 7-8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long had Ho Chi Minh's communism associations been known to the U.S., in Halberstam's account?
(a) Since 1941.
(b) Since 1931.
(c) Since 1946.
(d) Since 1954.

2. What issue did Joseph McCarthy use to energize voters?
(a) Civil rights.
(b) Arms reduction.
(c) Communism conspiracies.
(d) Tax cuts.

3. What did Kennedy represent to Eleanor Roosevelt's followers?
(a) Foreigners.
(b) The new breed.
(c) Businessmen.
(d) Old guard.

4. What committee had Kennedy served on in the Senate?
(a) Banking and Finance Committee.
(b) Military Affairs Committee.
(c) Judiciary Committee.
(d) Foreign Relations Committee.

5. How does Halberstam say Lyndon Johnson felt in the Kennedy administration?
(a) He felt like a socialist among capitalists.
(b) He felt like a relic of previous administrations.
(c) He felt like a midwesterner among East-coast men.
(d) He felt like a teacher among his students.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Halberstam say Americans were united about in the early 1960s?

2. Which issue was NOT confronting the nation when the Kennedy administration took office?

3. What did the Geneva Convention decide in Vietnam?

4. Whom did Kennedy ask to be Secretary of State instead of Adlai Stevenson?

5. Why didn't Kennedy offer the position of Secretary of State to David Bruce?

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