JFK

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JFK was a Democratic candidate for president in

1960

Kennedy became the what # president in January 1961

35 th

How many Kennedy children were there and which was he (fist, second, third...)

9 Kennedy Children Second oldest

In August 1921 call meanest built what to do what

A 25 mile wall to prevent people from leaving Berlin

Lee Harvey Oswald was a former what who defected to what

A former US Marine who defected to the Soviet union

Oswald worked where at Texas

A school book depository

What was the name of the man who captured JFK's death on film

Abraham Zapruder

Profiles in courage

Biographies of eight heroic senators marriage

JFK's grandfather was the mayor of

Boston

JFK's father Joseph was appointed ambassador to where by who

Britain by FDR

What was Kennedy doing in Texas

Campaigning and preparing for the 1964 election

What three places did JFK travel before WW2

Europe the Soviet union and the middle east during 1939

Attended school where

Harvard

Where and when did JFK die

In Dallas Texas on November 22, 1963

Where was jfk born

In massechussets to a wealthy family

Warren commission report

Investigation concluded Oswald acted alone

After fleeing the scene Oswald killed what police man

JD Tippit

After being captured Oswald was shot to death by who

Jack Ruby

Jacqueline went by the nickname

Jackie

JFK married to who when

Jacqueline bouvier in 1953

Viewers thought Kennedy seemed what and Nixon seemed what

Kennedy seemed relaxed and Nixon seemed tense

What heroic act did Kennedy commit during the PT 109 boat incident

Kennedy towed a burning crew member 3 miles to an island

What happened to the boats?

Kennedy's PT boat was cut in half by a Japanese ship

Who was sworn in as a board Air Force on an airplane as the new president

LBJ

Kennedy chose Texas senator who has his vice president running mate

Lyndon Johnson

Republicans nominated vice president who as candidate

Nixon

Kennedy commanded what boats in the pacific?

Patrol torpedo (pt) boats in pacific.

JFK established what corps

Peace corpsthat said supplies to needy countries

Kennedy was the youngest person at 43 elected what

Pres

No Roman Catholic had ever served as what

Pres

JFK strongly promoted what program. Held peace talks with what leader. proposed a stop to testing of what weapons. and arrange for a what ban treaty

Promoted the US based program health peace talks with Russian leader Nikita Khrushchev proposed a stop to testing of atomic weapons in the atmosphere and arrange for a nuclear test ban treaty

Dealy plaza contained what things

Schoolbook depository building a grass knoll and a concrete wall

US senator from Massachusetts for how long

Seven years

JFK was athletic but often...

Sick and hospitalized

US house of reps for how long

Six years

What was the new frontier speech about

Spoke of challenges and future opportunities for Americans

Kennedy debated nixon on the first what

TV debate

Who else was in Kennedy's limousine

Texas governor John connally and his wife

What organization did JFK join voluntarily during WW2

The navy reserve

Oswald fired how many shots from what floor window

Three shots from the sixth floor

JFK wrote Why England slept to describe what

examines how England failed to prevent WW2

Lee Harvey Oswald went to America as a what

self proclaimed communist with a Russian wife


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