Early Life
This state is where Kennedy spent much of his early life and later served politically
Massachusetts
JFK’s Cold War focus included this divided city
Berlin
He was killed in this Texas city
Dallas
The space agency that Kennedy supported heavily is best known by this name
NASA
JFK was born in this city
Brookline
This 1962 standoff brought the world close to nuclear war
Cuban Missile Crisis
JFK’s vice president became president after Kennedy’s death
Lyndon B. Johnson
This idea was famously expressed in JFK’s 1962 speech about space.
“We choose to go to the Moon.”
JFK was born this year
1917
A major focus of the early 1960s was advancing rights under this broad issue
Civil Rights
The nightclub owner who killed Oswald is known by this name
Jack Ruby
The Soviet satellite that kick-started U.S. space urgency
Sputnik
This was JFK’s mother, connected to Boston political leadership
Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy
JFK began his term as president this year
1961
The man accused in connection with JFK’s assassination had this name
Lee Harvey Oswald
The U.S. accomplished JFK’s long-term goal when humans landed on the Moon in this later year
1969
JFK’s father was a prominent banker and politician with this name
Joseph P. Kennedy
This famous German phrase—ending with “I am a Berliner”—appeared in a 1963 speech
Ich bin ein Berliner
JFK was assassinated on this date
November 22, 1963
The first human to travel to space (and return).
Yuri Gagarin