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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What family was McGeorge Bundy descended from?
(a) The New England Lowells.
(b) The New York Blisses.
(c) The Rockefellers.
(d) The Roosevelts.

3. Which of these was NOT a point of disagreement between the White House and the military, in Halberstam's account?
(a) The use of jets.
(b) The commitment of advisers.
(c) The free fire zones.
(d) The use of napalm.

4. Where does Halberstam say McNamara found people to work under him as Secretary of Defense?
(a) England.
(b) Boeing.
(c) The auto industry.
(d) Academia.

5. What made McGeorge Bundy an effective administrator?
(a) He could sense what others were thinking and what they needed.
(b) He listened to others and used their ideas.
(c) He did not brook opposition.
(d) He had a rigid sense of principle.

Short Answer Questions

1. What mistake had the Kennedy administration made in the Bay of Pigs invasion?

2. How did Kennedy see Adlai Stevenson?

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

4. What did the Kennedy administration represent to America?

5. What does Halberstam say was the state of tensions within the White House as involvement in Vietnam escalated?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who was Dean Rusk, and what was his role and place in the Kennedy administration?

2. How did the fall of China and the Cold War affect the Kennedy administration?

3. What was the Kennedy administration's stance with regard to Russia?

4. How did the meeting between Lovett and Kennedy play in the press?

5. Describe Vietnam's problems with the Buddhist monks.

6. Describe the atmosphere in America when Kennedy took office.

7. Who was Chester Bowles, and what did Kennedy get by tapping Bowles to be an adviser?

8. How did the situation in Vietnam unfold?

9. Describe the confrontation in Laos.

10. Who was Frederick Nolting, and what was his role in Vietnam?

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