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JFK Assassination & LBJ. US History II. <Nov. 22, 1963> JFK killed in Dallas An Unfinished Vision. Kennedy travels to Dallas to begin re-election campaign Motorcade through Dealey Plaza, downtown Dallas 12:30pm shots fired JFK killed – Texas Governor wounded
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JFK Assassination&LBJ US History II
<Nov. 22, 1963> JFK killed in DallasAn Unfinished Vision • Kennedy travels to Dallas to begin re-election campaign • Motorcade through Dealey Plaza, downtown Dallas • 12:30pm shots fired • JFK killed – Texas Governor wounded • Sniper - 6th floor Texas School Book Depository • Lee Harvey Oswald arrested 2 hours later in a movie theater • Oswald killed 3 days later – Jack Ruby • LBJ sworn in on Air Force One
Warren Commission Pivotal Questions: Did Oswald act alone? Was this assassination a bigger conspiracy? Warren Commission • Established by Pres. Johnson to investigate • Headed by Chief Justice Earl Warren • Concluded Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone
House Select Committee on Assassinations • Established 1976 - investigate MLK and JFK assassinations • Concluded Oswald killed JFK / most likely part of a conspiracy
Potential Conspirators • C.I.A - embarrassment from Bay of Pigs • Cuban exiles - upset over US turning their back after failed invasion • Mafia - Lost business in Cuba
LBJ’s Great Society •The President’s vision for America •Civil Rights & End Poverty
Civil Rights Act • No discrimination in public accommodations, housing, & jobs • More federal power to prosecute Civil Rights Crimes
24th Amendment • Abolish Poll Tax in federal elections • Voting Rights Act • Eliminated literacy tests • The government can monitor voter registration
War on Poverty • Medicaid & Medicare • Medical care for elderly and welfare recipients • Low cost insurance
War on Poverty HUD • Department of Housing & Urban Development • Low rent public housing • Assist low-income to buy private housing
War on Poverty Economic Opportunity Act • Youth Programs (Head Start) • Small Business Loans • Job Training Programs
War on Poverty Higher Education Act Scholarships & low interest loans for college students
War on Poverty PBS Educational TV and Radio broadcasting