Presidential Assassinations & Attempts

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Instructions: From shocking tragedies to narrow escapes, test your knowledge of attacks on American presidents.

1.
Which President was assassinated while attending a play at Ford's Theatre in 1865?
A
James Garfield
B
William McKinley
C
Andrew Jackson
D
Abraham Lincoln
2.
Who assassinated President Lincoln?
A
Leon Czolgosz
B
Charles Guiteau
C
John Wilkes Booth
D
Lee Harvey Oswald
3.
In what year was President James Garfield shot, dying two months later?
A
1879
B
1877
C
1881
D
1883
4.
President William McKinley was assassinated in 1901 at what event?
A
A state dinner
B
The Pan-American Exposition
C
A campaign rally
D
An inaugural ball
5.
Who became President after McKinley's assassination?
A
William Howard Taft
B
Calvin Coolidge
C
Woodrow Wilson
D
Theodore Roosevelt
6.
Two women attempted to assassinate which President within 17 days of each other in 1975?
A
Lyndon Johnson
B
Richard Nixon
C
Jimmy Carter
D
Gerald Ford
7.
What was the name of the woman who pointed a gun at President Ford in Sacramento?
A
Patricia Hearst
B
Sara Jane Moore
C
Jodie Foster
D
Squeaky Fromme
8.
Who shot President Reagan in 1981?
A
Mark David Chapman
B
Arthur Bremer
C
John Hinckley Jr.
D
Samuel Byck
9.
What did Reagan reportedly quip to Nancy after being shot?
A
'Honey, I forgot to duck'
B
'I forgot to duck'
C
'Don't worry about me'
D
'Just a scratch'
10.
Which presidential candidate was shot and paralyzed while campaigning in 1972?
A
Robert Kennedy
B
George Wallace
C
Edmund Muskie
D
Hubert Humphrey
11.
Who assassinated Robert F. Kennedy in June 1968?
A
Jack Ruby
B
Sirhan Sirhan
C
Mark David Chapman
D
James Earl Ray
12.
Where was Robert Kennedy when he was shot?
A
A hotel ballroom in New York
B
A rally in Chicago
C
The Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles
D
A campaign event in Indianapolis
13.
Which President survived an assassination attempt in 1950 when Puerto Rican nationalists attacked Blair House?
A
Franklin Roosevelt
B
Dwight Eisenhower
C
John F. Kennedy
D
Harry Truman
14.
What was the Secret Service code name for President Kennedy?
A
Renegade
B
Searchlight
C
Lancer
D
Eagle
15.
Which President narrowly escaped assassination when a man's pistols both misfired in 1835?
A
Andrew Jackson
B
John Quincy Adams
C
James K. Polk
D
Martin Van Buren

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