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John F Kennedy Sweet Quiz

Total questions: 21

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What war was going on when John was born in 1917?

a)

Civil War

b)

World War 1

c)

World War 2

d)

Vietnam War

2.

What does it mean when it states that John had "political blood in his veins?"

a)

He had A positive blood

b)

His blood was republican

c)

His blood was democrat

d)

His family had a history of being in politics

3.

What branch of the military did John join during WW2?

a)

Navy

b)

Army

c)

Marines

d)

Air Force

4.

John commanded which boat?

a)

PT 104

b)

PT 106

c)

PT 108

d)

PT 109

5.

What political office did John NOT hold before he ran for president?

a)

US Vice President

b)

US Senator

c)

US House of Representatives

6.

Who is this?

a)

His sister Eunice

b)

His wife Jackie

c)

His mother Rose

d)

His sister Kathleen

7.

John Kennedy ran for President in the 1960 election. What political party did he belong to?

a)

Democrat

b)

Republican

c)

Independent

8.

Who did Kennedy run for President against in 1960?

a)

Gerald Ford

b)

Dwight Eisenhower

c)

Richard Nixon

d)

Harry Truman

9.

What negative ideas did Kennedy have to deal with when running for President?

a)

He was Catholic

b)

He was too old to handle the job

c)

He was rich

d)

He was too young and inexperienced

10.

"Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country." When did JFK utter this famous quote?

a)

At the Berlin Wall

b)

At his inauguration

c)

At American University

d)

At his last speech in Texas

11.

Who was the leader of Cuba during JFK's presidency?

a)

Fidel Chavez

b)

Juan Castro

c)

Juan Chavez

d)

Fidel Castro

12.

What disaster happened in the beginning of JFK's presidency?

a)

Cuban Missile Crisis

b)

Nuclear Testing

c)

Bay of Pigs

13.

The USA was 1 of the super powers of the world. What country was the other super power?

a)

Cuba

b)

Brazil

c)

Soviet Union

d)

Italy

14.

Nikita Khrushchev was the leader of which country?

a)

USA

b)

Cuba

c)

Italy

d)

Soviet Union

15.

What did JFK do to try to stop the Cuban Missile Crisis?

a)

He put a naval quarantine around Cuba

b)

He attacked Cuba

c)

He attacked Russia

16.

The Nuclear Test Ban Treaty was signed by JFK to stop......

a)

testing nuclear weapons on land

b)

testing nuclear weapons underground

c)

testing nuclear weapons under water

d)

all of the above

17.

What type of government did Cuba and Russia have?

a)

Democracy

b)

Monarchy

c)

Communism

d)

Oligarchy

18.

The Berlin Wall is still up today.

a)

True

b)

False

19.

Soviet Union put the first satellite into space.

a)

true

b)

false

20.

The USA put the first man in space.

a)

true

b)

false

21.

It was John Kennedy's dream to be president when he grew up.

a)

true

b)

false