<p>Name: ______Date: ______Broking USII</p><p>AIM: Who killed JFK?</p><p>An Unfinished Vision</p><p><Nov. 22, 1963> President Kennedy killed in Dallas</p><p> 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</p><p> Did Oswald act alone?</p><p> Was this assassination a bigger conspiracy?</p><p>Warren Commission</p><p> Established by President Johnson to investigate the assassination</p><p> Headed by Chief Justice Earl Warren</p><p> Concluded the Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone</p><p>House Select Committee on Assassinations </p><p> Established in 1976 to investigate MLK and JFK assassinations</p><p> Concluded Oswald killed JFK, but most likely part as part of a conspiracy.</p><p>Potential conspirators</p><p> C.I.A - embarrassment from Bay of Pigs</p><p> Mafia - Had helped JFK get elected</p><p> 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</p><p>Civil Rights Act  No discrimination in public accommodations, housing, & jobs  More federal power to prosecute Civil Rights Crimes</p><p>24th Amendment  Abolish Poll Tax in federal elections</p><p>Voting Rights Act  Eliminated literacy tests  The government can monitor voter registration</p><p>War on Poverty</p><p>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</p><p>Economic Opportunity Act Higher Education Act * Youth Programs (Head Start) * Scholarships & * Small Business Loans low interest loans * Job Training Programs for college students</p><p>PBS </p><p>* Educational TV and Radio broadcasting</p>