AIM: Who Killed JFK?

Name: ______Date: ______Broking USII

AIM: Who killed JFK?

An Unfinished Vision

President Kennedy killed in Dallas

 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 Pivotal Questions

 Did Oswald act alone?

 Was this assassination a bigger conspiracy?

Warren Commission

 Established by President Johnson to investigate the assassination

 Headed by Chief Justice Earl Warren

 Concluded the Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone

House Select Committee on Assassinations

 Established in 1976 to investigate MLK and JFK assassinations

 Concluded Oswald killed JFK, but most likely part as part of a conspiracy.

Potential conspirators

 C.I.A - embarrassment from Bay of Pigs

 Mafia - Had helped JFK get elected

 Cuban exiles - upset over US turning their back after failed invasion. 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 HUD * Medical care for elderly * Department of Housing and welfare recipients & Urban Development. * Low cost insurance * Low rent public housing * Assist low-income to buy Private housing

Economic Opportunity Act Higher Education Act * Youth Programs (Head Start) * Scholarships & * Small Business Loans low interest loans * Job Training Programs for college students

* Educational TV and Radio broadcasting