JFK

Question 1

JFK background

Answer 1

born in 1917 to Joseph Kennedy, a Boston millionaire of Irish descent, and wife Rose. He was one of 9 children.

Question 2

JFK time in Navy

Answer 2

took command of PT-109 in 1942. In August, the patrol boat collided with a Japanese destroyer, and two of his men were killed instantly while the rest were injured, including Kennedy. Kennedy towed crewman to island with life jacket strap clenched between his teeth. Awarded Navy and Marine Corps Medal and Purple Heart Medal.

Question 3

JFK chronic lower back problems quote

Answer 3

“This pain affected him nearly continually from his undergraduate years at Harvard until the day of his assassination.” - Journal of Neurosurgery

Question 4

political career- 1946

Answer 4

elected to US House of Representatives as a Democrat for Massachusetts

Question 5

political career- 1952

Answer 5

elected as a senator for Massachusetts

Question 6

JFK marriage

Answer 6

1953- marries Jacqueline Lee Bouvier, elder daughter of Wall Street stockbroker John Bouvier III and socialite Janet Bouvier

Question 7

political career- 1956

Answer 7

re-elected to Senate; unsuccessfully vies for vice-president nomination

Question 8

political career- 1960

Answer 8

July- nominated as Democratic candidate for Presidency
November- elected as youngest ever President, first Roman Catholic President.

Question 9

JFK Inauguration

Answer 9

January 1961; “Ask not what your country can do for you but what you can do for your country.”

Question 10

Bay of Pigs (date)

Answer 10

April 17-19, 1961