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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 was Kennedy's position on the Cold War policies of his predecessors?
(a) He was going to end them.
(b) He did not want to follow them.
(c) He was going to continue them.
(d) He was going to improve on them.

2. Why does Halberstam say Harkins had a hard time firing one of his people in the Mekong Delta?
(a) He was told that everything was under control there.
(b) He was told that there would be too many repercussions.
(c) He was discouraged from using his authority.
(d) He knew the person needing to be fired personally.

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

4. Which problem did NOT arise for the Kennedy administration during 1961?
(a) Bay of Pigs invasion.
(b) Arms race.
(c) Escalation of problems in Laos.
(d) Financial crisis.

5. What does Halberstam say Americans were disunited about in the early 1960s?
(a) How to establish peace.
(b) How to balance the budget.
(c) How to reduce nuclear weapons.
(d) How to go about fighting Communism.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many troops were in Vietnam when Kennedy was assassinated?

2. Whom did Robert Lovett recommend to Kennedy for Secretary of Defense?

3. Which of these was NOT a point of disagreement between the White House and the military, in Halberstam's account?

4. What was the recommendation that came out of the fact-finding mission of 1961?

5. What does Halberstam say was the result of the Thanksgiving Day Massacre?

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