The JFK assassination Flashcards
(7 cards)
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The Assassination
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- Nov. 22nd, 1963 at 12:30 PM
- Dallas, Texas
Assassin- Lee Harvey Oswald
2
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LBJ is Sworn in
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- After Kennedy’s death, Lyndon B. Johnson is sworn in as President of the US
3
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Who is Lee Harvey Oswald
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- the assassin of JFK, according to several gov’t investigations and reports
- Former US marine and cia asset
- Defected to USSR and later returns to the US
- Pro-Castro supporter
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Motives for Oswald
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- Oswald had deep-rooted resentment of authority
- Oswald wanted “A place in history”
- Oswald believed in communism
- Defected to the USSR for a number of years and had a Russian born wife
- Spent time in Mexico city where he visited the soviet and cuban embassies
Conspiracy theory:Oswald was put up to it by the Russian or Cuban gov’t
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Lee Harvey Oswald is shot
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- While being taken to Dallas County Jail, Oswald was shot by Jack Ruby
Jack Ruby- Mafia member and Dallas nightclub operator
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Single bullet theory
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Single bullet wen through both Kennedy and Connally, injuring them both
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Warren commision report and house select committee
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Warren Commision Ruling- Lee Harvey Oswald acte alone in assassinating JFk and wounding Gov. Connally
US housing of Rep. Select committee on assassinations1976 re-opens investigation; 1979- JFK was assassinated by lee Harvey Oswald, **Proabably as a result of a greater conspiracy **
- more documents have been released since both investigations; some as recently as 2025
