John F Kennedy

​John F Kennedy

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President 1961-63

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John F Kennedy was the youngest president in US History?

• TRUE

• FALSE

JFK was the youngest elected president

Teddy Roosevelt was the youngest ever
TR became president when McKinley was assassinated in 1901.

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How many brother and sisters did JFK have?

• 0 (he was an only child)

• 3

• 8

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JFK's father made his money as a bootlegger during Prohibition in the 1920s

• True

• False

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John F Kennedy had a nickname that his family and wife called him. What was it?

• Lucky

• Jack

• John John

JFK's childhood

• nearly died as a baby

• came from rich family

• Irish Catholic

• lived in shadow of his older brother Joe

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JFK was voted least likely to succeed in high school?

• True

• False

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JFK was the unhealthiest person to ever be president of the U.S.?

• TRUE

• FALSE

JFK had serious health problems

• He lost weight

• had constant stomach pain

• common colds made him very sick

• Doctors thought he had cancer

• They couldn't figure out what was wrong

JFK's father was our Ambassador to Great Britain in the late 1930s. Joe Kennedy supported appeasement of Hitler and the infamous Munich Pact.

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British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain was famous for carrying this with him. It became a symbol of appeasement (cowardice)

• a white handkerchief

• a cane

• an umbrella

• a pet canary

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When JFK was president, West German school children sent him an umbrella after he failed to stop the Soviets from building the Berlin Wall.

• True

• False

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JFK was a decorated war hero during WWII

• True

• False

JFK joined the US Navy during WWII

The Story of PT 109

• JFK's patrol boat rammed by Japanese ship

• JFK and his men thrown into shark infested water

• JFK hurt his back, but saved a wounded man

• Swam to nearby island, later rescued.

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When he was president, JFK kept something on his desk to remind him of WWII. What was it?

• a Japanese officer's pistol

• The Congressional Medal of Honor

• A coconut

• a vile of sand

​The story of the coconut

Four days after they had been given up as lost, Kennedy and his surviving crew were discovered by Biuku Gasa and Eroni Kumana, two indigenous Solomon Islands scouts working for the Allies. Kennedy carved the message into this coconut husk that 11 crew members were still alive and passed it along to two Gasa and Kumana, who carried the message to a nearby Australian coast watcher. The chance encounter with the islanders resulted in the rescue of PT-109's crew.Joseph P. Kennedy had the inscribed coconut shell fragment encased in plastic and mounted to a wood base for his son. The object became a treasured memento, one that served as a reminder of a turning point in young Kennedy's life that would shape him as a man and a president.​

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Multiple Choice

The Kennedy family is cursed

• True

• False

The Kennedy Curse ​

• ​Sister had a botched lobotomy

• Another sister died in a plane crash

• brother Joe died during WWII

• JFK assassinated

• RFK assassinated

• Teddy Kennedy - car accident tragedy

• John Jr. death​

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The Kennedy Curse - Which of the following tragedies is actually TRUE? Check all that apply

• His sister had a botched lobotomy and was permanently disabled.

• One of his sisters died in a plane crash

• One of his brothers died during WWII

• One of his brother was assassinated

• His son died in a plane crash

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​Congressmen and Senator

1946-60​

A Mystery solved.

• In 1946, he was diagnosed with Addison's disease

• had to take experimental drug to survive

• had terrible side effects

Multiple Choice

JFK almost died of a 106 degree fever while visiting Japan in 1951? He received last rites from a Catholic priest

• True

• False

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JFK nearly died from an infection after having back surgery in the 1950s. He received last rites from a Catholic Priest.

• True

• False

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JFK won a Pulitzer Prize for writing a book

• True

• False

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JFK was briefly in the CIA as a spy before becoming president

• TRUE

• FALSE

He married Jacqueline Bouvier in 1953

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JFK was 36 when he got married. How old was his wife Jackie?

• 18

• 24

• 36

• 41

​The Kennedy Children - Caroline and John Jr.