JFK Inaugural Address

80 million people witnessed JFK's inauguration _________.

• In person

• On television

• On the internet

Eisenhower's farewell address and Kennedy's inaugural address were both ___________ events.

• Military

• Televised

• Private

• Congressional

What type of speech did JFK give on Jan. 20, 1961?

• A proclamation freeing the slaves

• A Farewell Address

• An Inaugural Address

• Testimony in court

Who said ask not what your country can do for you but what you can do for your country?

• Barack Obama

• Abe Lincoln

• JFK

• LBJ

Which organization did JFK promise to support?

• UN

• NFL

• MLB

• NBA

What is the line in Kennedy's inaugural address he is famous for?

• Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country

• I walk slowly, but I never walk backward

• The only man who makes no mistake is the man who does nothing

• I would rather belong to a poor nation that was free than to a rich nation that had ceased to be in love  with liberty

What was the main theme of JFK's Inaugural Address?

• A call for national unity

• A focus on economic policy

• A critique of the previous administration

• A discussion on healthcare reform

Which Cold War concept did JFK emphasize in his Inaugural Address?

• Mutually Assured Destruction

• Peaceful coexistence

• Space race competition

• Nuclear disarmament

In his Inaugural Address, JFK famously said, 'Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country.' What was the purpose of this statement?

• To encourage civic responsibility

• To promote military enlistment

• To criticize government welfare programs

• To advocate for tax cuts

What did JFK pledge to support in his Inaugural Address?

• The fight against poverty

• The United Nations

• The Civil Rights Movement

• The space program