Test: The Ted Kennedy Quiz

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Kennedy has been a longtime advocate of raising the _____.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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 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.

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

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.

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.

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

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?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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 _____.

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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

Kennedy supported nominations of _____ and Thurgood Marshall .

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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