Test: The Ted Kennedy Quiz

He and _____, also elected in 1962, have voted on more appointments than every other Senator except Robert Byrd.

Of _____'s appointees, he supported Sandra Day O'Connor, Antonin Scalia and Anthony Kennedy , but opposed Robert Bork .

his last surviving brother, Robert, was assassinated during his bid to be nominated as the Democratic candidate for the presidency; Ted Kennedy delivered a eulogy at Robert's funeral, in what year?

Kennedy won _____ presidential primaries against Carter, who won _____.

Kennedy was a leading member of the bipartisan team that wrote the controversial _____ of 2001, which, according to both Kennedy and President Bush, was a compromise.

Although he has been a staunch pro-choice advocate for the past _____ years, Kennedy adopted this position only after the Roe v. Wade decision in _____.

Ted would not be eligible to fill his brother's vacant Senate seat until February _____, _____, when he would turn thirty.

He left the hospital at Duke on _____, returning to Cape Cod.

In January 1969, Kennedy defeated _____ Senator Russell B. Long to become Senate Majority Whip.

The 1993 book The Last Brother by _____ portrayed Kennedy as particularly devastated by the death of Robert, as Ted was closer to Robert than to any other member of the Kennedy family.

Of _____'s nominees, he backed successful nominations of Warren Burger , Harry Blackmun and Lewis F. Powell.

he supported the successful bid of Massachusetts Governor Michael Dukakis to win the nomination in what year?

he attended the Hague Academy of International Law in what year?

On May _____, _____, doctors announced that Kennedy has a malignant brain tumor, diagnosed after he experienced a seizure at the Kennedy compound in Hyannisport, Massachusetts the previous weekend.

At the request of Kennedy's lawyers, the _____ ordered the inquest be conducted in secret.

Kennedy supported nominations of _____ and Thurgood Marshall .

On January _____, _____, Kennedy endorsed Senator Barack Obama in his campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination.

_____, Kennedy is the second-longest serving current senator, trailing only Robert Byrd.

Kennedy has been a longtime advocate of raising the _____.

Controversially, he opposed the Cape Wind project, the country's first off-shore wind farm, which many accuse Kennedy of doing out of _____ism.

After his brothers John and Robert were assassinated in _____ and _____ respectively, he took on the role of surrogate father for his brothers' _____ children.

He earned his law degree from the _____, where he was the winner of the William Minor Lile Moot Court Competition, and was admitted to the Massachusetts bar in 1959.

Kennedy enlisted in in the _____ for two years and was assigned to the SHAPE headquarters in Paris.

Kennedy's reversal on this issue after Roe v. Wade became a source of continuing dispute between him and the Catholic Church, of which he is not a member.

Kennedy opposed both of George H. W. Bush's successful nominations - _____ and Clarence Thomas, and supported Bill Clinton's Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Stephen Breyer.

Like most of Democrats he opposed G. Harrold Carswell and _____ .

Kennedy deflected supporters who urged him to run for President in _____ and _____ by citing family concerns, in light of his brothers' assassinations.

Most recently, he strongly opposed nominations of both Chief Justice John G. Roberts and Justice _____, both nominated by President George W. Bush.

John Kennedy was elected President of the United States and vacated his Massachusetts Senate seat in what year?

In the 2008 election, Kennedy is supporting _____ Senator Barack Obama.

On _____ 2008, Kennedy underwent brain surgery at Duke University Hospital.

He is a supporter of same-sex marriage and was one of the fourteen senators to vote against the _____ in 1996.

he backed fellow Massachusetts Senator John Kerry, who won the nomination but lost to incumbent George W. Bush, in what year?

However, he opposes the _____ wind turbine project which would occur near his home.

In October 1971, he called for the withdrawal of British troops from _____, and for all political participants there to begin talks on creating a United Ireland.

Edward Moore "Ted" Kennedy is the senior United States Senator from _____ and a member of the Democratic Party.

On September _____, _____, Kennedy made a speech on the Senate floor regarding the war in Iraq, just prior to the _____ U.S. Presidential election.

This decision was a direct result of the _____ in December 2004 and the murder of Robert McCartney the following month.

Kennedy was one of the leaders of opposition against nomination of _____.

The bill also included some controversial tax cuts for small businesses and higher taxes for many $_____ million-plus executives.

According to multiple sources, Kennedy was suffering from symptoms of a _____.

The Chappaquiddick incident refers to the circumstances surrounding the _____ death of Mary Jo Kopechne, a former staff member in Senator Robert F. Kennedy's _____ presidential campaign.

Therefore the President-elect asked Massachusetts Governor _____ to name a Kennedy family friend Benjamin A. Smith II to fill out John's term .

In _____, Kennedy released a children's book My Senator and Me: A Dog's-Eye View of Washington, D.C. Also in _____, Kennedy released a political history entitled America Back on Track.

Kennedy was a strong supporter of the 1965 Hart-Celler Act — signed into law by President Lyndon B. Johnson — which dramatically changed U.S. immigration policy.

He has also been a harsh critic of the way the invasion of _____ was planned and conducted by the Bush administration.

He was elected to a full six-year term in _____ and was reelected in _____, _____, _____, _____, _____, _____ and _____.

He attended the _____, and later Milton Academy and entered Harvard College in 1950, where he resided in Winthrop House.

He would serve as Whip until January 1971, when he was defeated by Senator _____ of West Virginia.

He also voted against the proposed Federal Marriage Amendment in _____ and _____.

Four years later he initially backed former fellow Massachusetts Senator _____, who lost to Bill Clinton.

Kara married Michael Allen on September _____, _____, in Centerville, Massachusetts.

In _____ he was one of the _____ senators who voted against the Vitter Amendment, which prohibited the confiscation of legally-possessed firearms during a disaster.

Kennedy supported Vice President Al Gore against former New Jersey Senator Bill Bradley in what year?

District Attorney Dinis chose not to pursue Kennedy for _____, despite Judge Boyle's conclusions.

Edward Kennedy was driving a car with Kopechne as his passenger when the Senator drove off Dike Bridge into the channel between _____ and Martha's Vineyard.

Kennedy was a supporter of the American-led 2001 overthrow of the Taliban government in _____.

He helped pass the Fair Minimum Wage Act of 2007, which incrementally raises the minimum wage from $_____ to $7.25 over a two year period.

Kennedy supported _____'s nomination of John Paul Stevens, who was confirmed unanimously.

Eventually, he bowed out of the race, but delivered a well-received speech before the _____ in New York City.

On _____, doctors announced that Kennedy has a malignant glioma, a type of cancerous brain tumor.

This legislation replaced the _____, which favored immigrants from northern and western Europe.

Kennedy supported the College Affordability and Access Act of 2007 which provides $_____ billion in new federal financial aid investments for low- and middle-income students and their families.

Kennedy left the hospital and returned to Cape Cod on _____.

From _____ to _____, Kennedy led a forty-five member all Democrat Senate filibuster to block the appointment of former assistant Solicitor General Miguel Estrada to the United States court of appeals.

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