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John F. Kennedy Assassination

John F. Kennedy Assassination. John F. Kennedy. 35 th US President Assassinated on Friday, November 22, 1963. Lee Harvey Oswald. Accused shooter of president JFK O fficer J.D. Tippit Denied involvement in either killing. Jack Ruby. Nightclub operator in Dallas, Texas

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John F. Kennedy Assassination

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  1. John F. Kennedy Assassination

  2. John F. Kennedy • 35th US President • Assassinated on Friday, November 22, 1963

  3. Lee Harvey Oswald • Accused shooter of president JFK • Officer J.D. Tippit • Denied involvement in either killing

  4. Jack Ruby • Nightclub operator in Dallas, Texas • Convicted of the murder of Lee Harvey Oswald • Killed Oswald in full view of cameras

  5. Warren Commission • Established by Lyndon B. Johnson • Investigate murder of JFK • 888 final page report concluding the Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone and so did Jack Ruby

  6. The grassy knoll • People were said to have heard shots fired in the grassy knoll • Back and to the left( movement of his head upon being shot) suggests that Oswald didn’t shot the president • Oswald had under 6 seconds to get 3 shots off • Extra rifle found in book depository (extra gunman?) • Could have been shot from the drain?

  7. Who did it? • Oswald acted alone? More than one person involved (conspiracy) • USSR /Cuba hired Mafia and mafia hired Oswald (what I believe happened) Bay of Pigs • Mafia? Jack Ruby to cover it up so Oswald wouldn’t squeal • 4 shots heard 3 shells were Oswald was • 51 witnesses say they heard a shot from the grassy knoll.

  8. Assassinations • Zapruder film • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nnvU62h7pb0 • Jack Ruby kills Oswald • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pv_viK8qOfw&feature=related

  9. Question?(2/3 to a page response)5 points • “When a President of the United States gets assassinated in your opinion how did it impact the country?” • Politically • Bring it together? • Point of view of new president JFK was for Vietnam and LBJ wasn’t

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