Chapter 3 - The Kennedy Assassination Flashcards
(21 cards)
NATO
North Atlantic Tready Organization
In 1955 the Russians (Soviet Union) formed the..
Warsaw Pact
America launched the second Red Scare and the rise of Joseph McCarthy
Lose of China to the Communists
NASA
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Became the first American to orbit the earth
John Glenn
On November 4, 1956 Soviet tanks and troops invaded Hungary
The Hungarian Revolt
The fiasco made Kennedy look weak on Communism
The Bay of Pigs Fiasco
Russians shot down a CIA U2 spy plan flown by…
Gary Francis Powers
Khrushchev thought of him
Young, weak, ineffective, and possibly a pushover
The closest the super powers came to nuclear war
Cuban Missile Crisis
An eleventh hour deal was struck to defuse the situation
In return for the US pledge not to invade Cuba and the removal of the Cuban missiles America agreed to withdraw missiles from Turkey and Greece
Where was the assasination of John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Dallas
Lee Harvey Oswald
Jack Rudy
The governments official version of the Kennedy assassination
The Warren Report
Reports Conclusion
Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone, and that there was no longer a conspiracy
Oswald defected to the Soviet Union
Minsk, Belarus
Oswald was handing out pro-Castro leaflets in downtown New Orleans; was arrested
Fair Play for Cuba Committee
The Warren commissions whole argument is based
Magic Bullet Theory
The Dictabelt Recording; From a motorcycle police; compelled congress to initiate the ___________ in 1978
House Select Committee on Assassinations
It is one of the most studied lives of film in history
The Zapruder Film
Kennedy was not going to commit US combat forces to…
Vietnam
