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John F. Kennedy, the 35th U.S. President-assasinated
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  • 1. Who was John F. Kennedy's Vice President?
A) Lyndon B. Johnson
B) Hubert Humphrey
C) Gerald Ford
D) Richard Nixon
  • 2. In which city was John F. Kennedy assassinated?
A) Chicago
B) Los Angeles
C) Dallas
D) New York
  • 3. Where was John F. Kennedy born?
A) Brookline, Massachusetts
B) Boston, Massachusetts
C) Washington D.C.
D) New York City, New York
  • 4. Which political party did John F. Kennedy belong to?
A) Democratic Party
B) Green Party
C) Republican Party
D) Libertarian Party
  • 5. What was John F. Kennedy's military rank during World War II?
A) Captain
B) Lieutenant
C) Major
D) Sergeant
  • 6. Which of the following books was written by John F. Kennedy?
A) Brave New World
B) Profiles in Courage
C) 1984
D) To Kill a Mockingbird
  • 7. Which U.S. state was John F. Kennedy representing in the U.S. House of Representatives?
A) Texas
B) Massachusetts
C) New York
D) California
  • 8. Which Soviet leader did John F. Kennedy famously clash with during the Cold War?
A) Vladimir Lenin
B) Joseph Stalin
C) Mikhail Gorbachev
D) Nikita Khrushchev
  • 9. Which U.S. city was John F. Kennedy representing in the U.S. Senate?
A) New York City
B) Los Angeles
C) Boston
D) Chicago
  • 10. What organization was founded by John F. Kennedy as a volunteer program for Americans to serve in developing countries?
A) Doctors Without Borders
B) Peace Corps
C) UNICEF
D) Greenpeace
  • 11. Which famous speech did John F. Kennedy deliver in Berlin in 1963?
A) Ask not what your country can do for you
B) I Have a Dream
C) Ich bin ein Berliner
D) Tear Down This Wall
  • 12. Who was the Chief Justice of the United States when John F. Kennedy was assassinated?
A) Warren Burger
B) William Rehnquist
C) John Roberts
D) Earl Warren
  • 13. What major civil rights legislation was proposed by John F. Kennedy but passed under Lyndon B. Johnson?
A) Equal Rights Amendment
B) Voting Rights Act of 1965
C) Civil Rights Act of 1964
D) Brown v. Board of Education
  • 14. Which famous speech did John F. Kennedy deliver at his inauguration in 1961?
A) Ask not what your country can do for you
B) I am a Berliner
C) I Have a Dream
D) Tear Down This Wall
  • 15. What major foreign policy initiative did John F. Kennedy launch in 1961 to provide economic assistance and military aid to developing countries?
A) Truman Doctrine
B) Marshall Plan
C) Alliance for Progress
D) Domino Theory
  • 16. In what year did John F. Kennedy marry Jacqueline Bouvier?
A) 1960
B) 1962
C) 1961
D) 1953
  • 17. What was the name of John F. Kennedy's brother who also served as Attorney General?
A) Edward
B) Joseph Jr.
C) William
D) Robert
  • 18. What event marked the beginning of John F. Kennedy's presidency?
A) Inauguration
B) Cuban Missile Crisis
C) Debate with Nixon
D) Bay of Pigs Invasion
  • 19. What was the name of the Navy PT boat commanded by John F. Kennedy during World War II?
A) USS Constitution
B) USS Arizona
C) USS Missouri
D) PT-109
  • 20. Who was the governor of Texas riding with John F. Kennedy when he was assassinated?
A) John Connally
B) Lyndon B. Johnson
C) George Wallace
D) Ted Kennedy
  • 21. What was the name of John F. Kennedy's daughter who was born in 1957?
A) Caroline
B) Maria
C) Rose
D) Jacqueline
  • 22. Where is John F. Kennedy buried?
A) Pearl Harbor
B) Gettysburg National Cemetery
C) Arlington National Cemetery
D) Mount Vernon
  • 23. What was John F. Kennedy's favorite song performed by Marilyn Monroe at his birthday celebration in 1962?
A) Fly Me to the Moon
B) Somewhere Over the Rainbow
C) Moon River
D) Happy Birthday
  • 24. What was the name of the commission established to investigate the assassination of John F. Kennedy?
A) Johnson Commission
B) Warren Commission
C) Nixon Commission
D) Kennedy Commission
  • 25. When was John F. Kennedy born?
A) January 15, 1915
B) March 12, 1922
C) June 1, 1920
D) May 29, 1917
  • 26. Which war did John F. Kennedy serve in as a naval officer?
A) Korean War
B) Vietnam War
C) World War II
D) Iraq War
  • 27. When did John F. Kennedy become the President of the United States?
A) January 20, 1961
B) September 10, 1965
C) March 4, 1957
D) November 22, 1963
  • 28. In which year did John F. Kennedy deliver his famous 'Ich bin ein Berliner' speech?
A) 1962
B) 1963
C) 1961
D) 1960
  • 29. What was John F. Kennedy's middle name?
A) Frederick
B) Fitzgerald
C) Francis
D) Fortunato
  • 30. Which university did John F. Kennedy attend and graduate from in 1940?
A) Stanford University
B) Yale University
C) Princeton University
D) Harvard University
  • 31. What was the main topic of John F. Kennedy's famous September 1962 speech?
A) Economic Equality
B) Space Exploration
C) World Peace
D) Civil Rights
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