Who shot JFK?. November 22, 1963 Dallas, Texas Love Field 45 minute trip downtown Scheduled to speak to a meeting of the Citizens Council.

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Who shot JFK?

November 22, 1963 Dallas, Texas Love Field 45 minute trip downtown Scheduled to speak to a meeting of the Citizens Council.

November 22, 1963 open-top limousine accompanied by Texas Governor John B. Connally

November 22, :30 p.m. on Elm Street Motorcade slowly approaches a triple underpass. President is struck in the back, then in the head and is mortally wounded. Gov. Connally is also struck.

Lee Harvey Oswald Former Marine Lived in Russia Renounces U.S. Citizenship Writes U.S. embassy to get Citizenship back Came back to U.S. with Russian wife

Lee Harvey Oswald March 12, 1963 Orders Rifle through catalog August 9, 1963 arrested while passing out pro Cuba Leaflets October 3, 1963 arrives in Dallas

Lee Harvey Oswald October 15, 1963 Hired at Texas School Book Depository The building Kennedy was shot from

Lee Harvey Oswald November 22, :30 pm Kennedy shot 12:40 Leaves Depository gets on bus Takes transfer bus, shoots a police officer

Lee Harvey Oswald Arrested on Nov 22 Killed by Jack Ruby Nov 24 First televised murder on TV

The Conspiracy If Lee Harvey Oswald didn’t do it, who did? Was Lee Harvey involved or was he set up?

The Usual Suspects The USSR/KGB Cuba/Castro The Mafia The CIA

The USSR Cold War, its always the Soviets fault In retaliation, for the Cuban Missle Crisis Kennedy was on a KGB list on world leaders to assassinate

Castro LBJ’ “Kennedy was trying to kill Castro. Castro got him first.” Bay of Pigs Oswald did go to the Cuban embassy in Mexico City, Sept 1963

The Mafia JFK’s brother Robert was Attorney General. He had prosecuted twice as many mafia employees than Eisenhower’s administration

The CIA LBJ sent the CIA to kill JFK, so he could become President Nixon said that JFK was going to drop LBJ in the 1964 election. CIA was working with the mafia to overthrow Castro.

Conclusions Lee Harvey was involved There is a lot of evidence that he didn’t act alone But who had the most to gain from JFK’s assassination?

Pick one of the follow topics for your 5 paragraph essay Was Lee Harvey Oswald Guilty or not Guilty? Intro First piece of evidence Second piece of evidence Third piece of evidence Closing arguments

Second Choice for Essay Who is to blame for the assignation of John F. Kennedy? Intro Person/ Group 1 to blame Person/ Group 2 to blame Person/ Group 3 to blame Who do you think is to blame?