THE KILLING

OF A PRESIDENT

THAT FATEFUL DAY -11/22/63 JFK & First Lady go to Dallas for a Dem. Party

fundraiser En route in open-air limo, JFK shot in the throat;

seconds later a fatal shot to the head

A NATIONAL

TRAGEDY!!

THE ZAPRUDER FILM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1q91RZko5Gw

AFTERMATH Lyndon B.

Johnson (LBJ)

becomes pres. Takes oath on

Air Force One after leaving Dallas

SUSPECT ARRESTED Lee Harvey Oswald

charged w/murder Palm print on rifle found

in Texas Book Depository, 6th Floor

Former Marine Supported Castro &

Commie party Claimed innocent & set-up Killed days later by Jack

Ruby

FUNERAL = HISTORIC EVENT Reaction of disbelief & shock

T.V. = main source of info. 95% Americans watch 8+ hrs. of coverage over 4

days

All work stops for funeral – 11/26/63

WHO COULD HAVE DONE THIS?! Cubans? Soviets? CIA? The Mob? Warren Commission investigates = Oswald was

lone killer – 1963 Single bullet

struck JFK

from behind –

a.k.a. “Magic

Bullet” theory

CONSPIRACIES

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DSBXW1-VGmM

Reinvestigated – 1979Oswald was part of a conspiracy2 people may have fired at JFK

JFK Records Act – 1992Newly classified info. has shown that JFK’s

fatal shot was from the frontEvidence not conclusive to disprove W.C.

findings

Summarize & CTQ

Recap what you have learned about the Kennedy assassination in 4 – 5 sentences.

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