THE ASSASSINATION OF JFK Do you think there is a conspiracy in the JFK assassination? Explain.

DALLAS, TEXAS NOVEMBER 22, 1963

WHAT HAPPENED (MOST COMMONLY THOUGHT)  3 shots- 1 st hit JFK and Governor Connally, 2 nd missed, and 3 rd hit JFK in head  Taken to hospital and pronounced dead  Killed by Lee Harvey Oswald

THE WARREN COMMISSION  The strange circumstances surrounding President Kennedy’s death caused people to wonder whether Oswald had acted alone in killing the president.  President Johnson appointed the Warren Commission to investigate the assassination. They determined that there was no conspiracy and that Oswald and Ruby had each acted alone. Additional government investigations and many private ones have never found credible evidence of a conspiracy.

UNITED STATES HOUSE SELECT COMMITTEE ON ASSASSINATIONS  Set up to investigate assassinations of JFK and MLK Jr. in 1976  Concluded that very likely was a conspiracy  Believed it did not include Soviet Union, Cuba, FBI, CIA, or Mafia  Done in secret and many files were sealed up  Most likely 2 gunmen and four shots were fired

WHO WAS LEE HARVEY OSWALD?  24 years old at the time  Former U.S. Marine  Lived in Soviet Union for a couple years where he met his wife  Moved to Fort Worth, Texas with wife and daughter  Claimed to be a Marxist  Killed by Jack Ruby

WHO WAS JACK RUBY?  Nightclub Owner in Dallas  Conspiracies linked to Mafia and Cuban spies  Died in 1967 from lung cancer  Other claims state he was emotionally upset over assassination & wanted to help Kennedys hd7Wwo

THEORIES OF ASSASSINATION 1)Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone, all 3 shots came from him 2)CIA- JFK was not a fan of CIA after Bay of Pigs, and assassination attempts of other world leaders, CIA saw JFK as weak, Cuban Exiles 3)Soviet Union/KGB- Cold War 4)Mafia- RFK was increasing pressure on Mafia, Mafia working with CIA to assassinate Castro, but JFK was stopping that 5)Cuba- Castro wanted revenge 6)2 gunmen- another shooter with Oswald was on the grassy knoll 7)Many others- LBJ, Casket, FBI,

CURSE OF THE KENNEDYS  JFK- Assassinated in 1963  Robert Kennedy (brother)- Assassinated in 1968  Rosemary (sister)- given a lobotomy in 1941  Joseph (brother)- plane exploded in WWII 1944  Kathleen (sister)- died in plane crash in 1948  JFK & Jackie had a daughter born stillborn and a son that died 2 days after birth  David (nephew)- died of drug overdose in 1984  Michael (nephew)- died in 1997 from skiing accident  John Jr. (son)- died in 1999 from plane crash  Many other accidents/incidents to various other family members

  Why do you think so many people think there is a conspiracy?  What do you think?

IMPACT OF JFK  Many people were emotionally heartbroken  Many schools named after him  NASA launch site named  NYC international airport  Places all over the world  USS John F. Kennedy  To this day many still mesmerized