6. Homework Help

6.3. Presidential Lists

[attempted assassinations, assassination, attempt, attempted, assassin, kill, killed, wounded, shot, died in office, murdered]

1.  Who was the only president to sign the papers ordering the hanging of the man who assassinated him?  James A. Garfield

2.  Which president struck his attempted assassin with a cane when both derringers failed to fire [assassinate]?  Andrew Jackson [TWHT 21]

3. Which presidential assassin was electrocuted and then sulfuric acid was poured over his body? [electric chair, assassinate] McKinley's [killed in office, died]

4. Saloon Keeper, John F. Schrank shot and wounded what ex-president in Milwaukee, Wisconsin? Theodore Roosevelt

5.  What was the name of the bystander who filmed the assassination of  President Kennedy [killed in office, died, shot]? Zapruder

6. What kind of gun was used to kill Lincoln? A 6 inch derringer.

7. He was invited to attend the theater with President and Mrs. Lincoln the night Lincoln was assassinated.  Ulysses S. Grant [DOL 28] Mrs. Grant disliked Mrs. Lincoln, so she declined with an excuse.  "The First Lady had staged several temper tantrums in front the general's wife, and Mrs. Grant wanted to face no more of those outbursts."

8. A picture was taken of him which included his future assassin.  Abraham Lincoln’s picture taken at his second inauguration showed John Wilkes Booth standing close to the president [WTJB 24].

9. He was wounded in an assassination attempt during his presidential campaign. Theodore Roosevelt On October 14, 1912 he was shot in the chest immediately before he was to give a campaign speech.  He completed the speech with the bullet still lodged in his chest. [AP 215]  He had prepared a lengthy speech which was written out on paper, folded and placed in his inside jacket pocket.  The bullet actually passed through the thick document before lodging in his chest.  It has been speculated that if his speech had been planned to be shorter, the bullet might have penetrated farther into his body and killed him.

10. Bomb shelters were installed in the White House during his tenure.  Harry S. Truman [DDWH 74]

11. A 20-year old Fort Meade helicopter mechanic landed a helicopter on the South Grounds of the White House during his tenure.  Richard Nixon [DDWH 74]

12. A man planned to hijack an airplane and force it to nose-dive into the White House during his tenure. Richard Nixon [DDWH 74] The plan backfired and the man killed himself.

13. An armed man raided a country club and seized five hostages, including two of this president's aides.  Ronald Reagan's aide David Fischer and a White House advance man, Lanny Wiles, were held hostage at the Augusta National Golf Course on October 22, 1983.  Reagan and secretary of state George Schultz were playing golf on the course at the time.  The Secret Service ordered an emergency evacuation of the president by helicopter.  Later the hostages were release without harm. [SO 188]

14. Which president was carried mortally wounded out the front door of the White House? James A. Garfield

15. Name the shakespearean actor who was the brother of Lincoln's assassin and a member of the hall of fame of great actors. Edwin Booth, 1833-1893.

16. Which President actually dreamed of his assassination and death just a week  before he was killed?  Abraham Lincoln

17. The only President known to be targeted for kidnapping. Abraham Lincoln.  Before deciding to shoot Lincoln, Booth and others planned to kidnap him.

E-mail:  Raymond Lee Harvey was arrested for conspiring to kill a president. Who was the president?

Reply: Supposedly, Jimmy Carter was the target of an attempted assassination by Raymond Lee Harvey and someone named Osvaldo in 1979. They were arrested in California during a Carter  visit there. The story appeared in the May 21, 1979 edition of Newsweek.