U.S. Assassination Attempts

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1. What great human being was shot and killed by James Earl Ray? U.S. Grant Nelson Mandela Martin Luther King Jr. William McKinley

2. In 1975, which U.S. President escaped an assassination attempt? James K. Polk Richard Nixon Gerald Ford Calvin Coolidge

3. Which Louisiana U.S. Senator was shot and killed in 1935? Huey Lewis Howard Monstom Howie Long Huey Long

4. Texas Governor John Connally was injured during which president's assassination? John F. Kennedy William McKinley Jack Ruby Martin Luther King Jr.

5. Also known as El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz, he was shot and killed in a New York City auditorium. Who was he? Malcolm X James Garfield Robert Kennedy John Tyler

6. Which U.S. President was shot and killed by Leon Czolgosz? William McKinley Abraham Lincoln John F. Kennedy U.S. Grant

7. An accomplice of John Wilkes Booth, tried to kill which U.S. Secretary of State before the assassination of President Lincoln? Dean Rusk Andrew Johnson Alexander Haig William Seward

8. Which civil rights leader was critically wounded, in an assassination attempt in 1980? Martin Luther King Jr. Nelson Mandella Jesse Jackson Vernon Jordan

9. Which of the following U.S. Presidents was shot in the left lung and survived? Jimmy Carter Richard Nixon Gerald Ford Ronald Reagan

10. 1881 was a mournful year in the United States, that saw which U.S. President assassinated? Harry Truman James Garfield William McKinley Martin Van Buren