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Who Killed JFK?

Who Killed JFK?. Assassination Theories about John F. Kennedy. John Fitzgerald Kennedy. Assassinated Nov. 22 nd , 1963 in Dallas, Texas. Shot while in a convertible limousine as they drove through Dealey Plaza. Shot multiple times Fatally shot in the head. Conspiracy Theories.

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Who Killed JFK?

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  1. Who Killed JFK? Assassination Theories about John F. Kennedy

  2. John Fitzgerald Kennedy • Assassinated Nov. 22nd, 1963 in Dallas, Texas. • Shot while in a convertible limousine as they drove through Dealey Plaza. • Shot multiple times • Fatally shot in the head

  3. Conspiracy Theories • Lee Harvey Oswald working alone • Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) • Mafia • Cuban Assassins

  4. Cuba • Fidel Castro, the leader of Cuba, had been targeted by our government for assassination several times. This leads to the belief that he planned to retaliate. • Bay of Pigs – Failed invasion of Cuba by CIA trained Cubans.

  5. Mafia • Robert Kennedy, JFK’s brother, was the Attorney General of the US. He indicted a number of high ranking members of the Mafia. • Some believe that JFK’s assassination was a warning to Robert Kennedy to back off. • Robert Kennedy was assassinated five years later.

  6. Lee Harvey Oswald • Former Marine, who left the US and lived in Russia for two and a half years. He returned and associated himself with anti-communist organizations. • Secures a job in Dallas at the Texas book depository. • Accused of shooting JFK.

  7. Lee Harvey Oswald – Continued • Oswald is arrested for killing JD Tippit a Dallas police officer. • Later charged with JFK’s assassination. • Shot and killed two days later by Jack Ruby in a parking structure as he was being moved from one jail to another.

  8. CIA • Many in the CIA were threatened by the plans of JFK to combine military intelligence organizations and the CIA. • Clay Shaw • David Ferrie • Guy Bannister • Jim Garrison • Jack Ruby

  9. People of Interest David Ferrie Clay Shaw Jim Garrison Guy Bannister Jack Ruby

  10. Final Determination • The Warren Commission concluded that Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone. He is the official assassin of JFK. • Many people still disagree with the official findings of the Warren Commission.

  11. What do you think? • Constructing Support – What can you prove? What is fact and what is opinion? • Analyzing Errors – Are people assuming one answer where there may be many? Are they using logic or are they guessing?

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