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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 11-12.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. When did Kennedy become well known in Washington?
(a) During the Cuban Missile Crisis.
(b) In his race for Senate.
(c) When he first entered politics.
(d) In the 1960 campaign.

3. What does Halberstam say was the state of tensions within the White House as involvement in Vietnam escalated?
(a) Long and open debates brought new ideas to the policies.
(b) There were many disagreements.
(c) Anyone who disagreed with Kennedy was removed.
(d) Aides gathered around Kennedy's will.

4. On which issue does Halberstam say Kennedy compromised with the military?
(a) The use of napalm.
(b) Free fire zones.
(c) The use of jets.
(d) Bombing in the north.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What state does Halberstam say the Vietcong were in when Kennedy sent the fact-finding mission in 1961?

2. What were Diem and Nhu's politics relative to the Vietnamese population's politics?

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

4. What events does Halberstam say affected American perceptions of its global priorities?

5. Where did the first confrontation take place in Indochina?

(see the answer key)

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