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JFK Assassination & LBJ

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

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  1. JFK Assassination&LBJ US History II

  2. <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

  3. 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

  4. House Select Committee on Assassinations • Established 1976 - investigate MLK and JFK assassinations • Concluded Oswald killed JFK / most likely part of a conspiracy

  5. 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

  6. LBJ’s Great Society •The President’s vision for America •Civil Rights & End Poverty

  7. Civil Rights Act • No discrimination in public accommodations, housing, & jobs • More federal power to prosecute Civil Rights Crimes

  8. 24th Amendment • Abolish Poll Tax in federal elections • Voting Rights Act • Eliminated literacy tests • The government can monitor voter registration

  9. War on Poverty • Medicaid & Medicare • Medical care for elderly and welfare recipients • Low cost insurance

  10. War on Poverty HUD • Department of Housing & Urban Development • Low rent public housing • Assist low-income to buy private housing

  11. War on Poverty Economic Opportunity Act • Youth Programs (Head Start) • Small Business Loans • Job Training Programs

  12. War on Poverty Higher Education Act Scholarships & low interest loans for college students

  13. War on Poverty PBS Educational TV and Radio broadcasting

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