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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 9-10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why didn't Kennedy offer the position of Secretary of State to McGeorge Bundy?
(a) Bundy had a reputation for saying damaging things off the cuff.
(b) Bundy did not have the support of the Jews.
(c) Bundy was too old and conservative.
(d) Bundy was a Republican and too young.

2. What position had Robert Lovett been appointed to in 1947?
(a) Secretary of Defense.
(b) Secretary of the Interior.
(c) Secretary of State.
(d) Undersecretary of State.

3. What did the Kennedy administration represent to America?
(a) Culture and American cosmopolitanism.
(b) Catholicism and American sectionalism.
(c) Wealth and American individualism.
(d) Elitism and a new American nationalism.

4. What were Eleanor Roosevelt's feelings about Kennedy?
(a) She resented his inexperience.
(b) She did not entirely trust him.
(c) She admired his leadership.
(d) She distrusted his Catholicism.

5. What does Halberstam say was the result of the Chinese Revolution and the McCarthy period?
(a) The U.S. sought out diplomatic solutions.
(b) The U.S. strengthened trade ties in Europe.
(c) The U.S. took pre-emptive action against Communism.
(d) The U.S. took an aggressive stance toward Communism.

Short Answer Questions

1. What issue did Joseph McCarthy use to energize voters?

2. What family was McGeorge Bundy descended from?

3. What issue had Kennedy and Dean Rusk had to discuss when Dean Rusk was offered the Secretary of State job?

4. Which situation had the biggest effect on the Kennedy administration in 1961?

5. What made McGeorge Bundy an effective administrator?

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