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