Early Life
What year was JFK born?
1917
In what year did JFK become president?
1961
What 1961 failed invasion tried to overthrow Fidel Castro in Cuba?
Bay of Pigs
Who was the prominent civil rights leader JFK met with in 1963
Martin Luther King JR.
What city was JFK assassinated in?
Dallas, Texas
What prestigious university did JFK attend?
Harvard
Who was JFK's vice president?
Lyndon B johnson
What 1962 event brought the world closest to nuclear war?
Cuban Missile Crisis
What university did JFK send federal troops to integrate?
University of Mississippi
Who was accused of killing JFK?
Lee Harvey Oswald
What war did JFK serve in as a naval officer?
WWII
What domestic program did JFK call for in his inaugural address?
The New Frontier
What wall was built during JFK's presidency that divided a major European city?
Berlin Wall
What landmark civil rights speech happened months before JFK's assassination?
I Have a Dream speech
What commission investigated the assassination?
The Warren Commission
What was the name of JFK's famous wartime boat?
PT-109
What NASA goal did JFK famously set?
Landing a man on the moon by the end of the 1960s
What hotline was created after the Cuban Missile Crisi?
Moscow-Washington hotline
What bill did JFK propose that became the Civil Rights Act of 1964?
Who became president after JFK?
Lyndon B Johnson
What was the title of JFK's Pulitzer Prize winning book?
Profiles in Courage
What was JFK's economic policy called, aimed at stimulating growth?
Keynesian tax cuts
What country did JFK visit in 1963, delivering the " Ich bin EIN Berliner " speech? (Hint: Its on the democratic side)
West Germany
What was JFK's stance on the March on Washington?
support but in caution
What center in Boston commemorates JFK's legacy?
JFK's Presidential Library and Museum.