Who Killed JFK?

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Who Killed JFK?

• Assassination Theories about John F. Kennedy

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John Fitzgerald Kennedy

• Assassinated Nov. 22nd, 1963 in Dallas, Texas.
• Shot while in a convertible limousine as they
  drove through Dealey Plaza.
• Shot multiple times
• Fatally shot in the head

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Conspiracy Theories

• Lee Harvey Oswald working alone
• Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
• Mafia
• Cuban Assassins

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Cuba

• Fidel Castro, the leader of Cuba, had been
  targeted by our government for assassination
  several times. This leads to the belief that he
  planned to retaliate.
• Bay of Pigs Failed invasion of Cuba by CIA
  trained Cubans.

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Mafia

• Robert Kennedy, JFKs brother, was the Attorney
  General of the US. He indicted a number of high
  ranking members of the Mafia.
• Some believe that JFKs assassination was a
  warning to Robert Kennedy to back off.
• Robert Kennedy was assassinated five years later.

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Lee Harvey Oswald

• Former Marine, who left the US and lived in
  Russia for two and a half years. He returned and
  associated himself with anti-communist
  organizations.
• Secures a job in Dallas at the Texas book
  depository.
• Accused of shooting JFK.

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Lee Harvey Oswald Continued

• Oswald is arrested for killing JD Tippit a Dallas
  police officer.
• Later charged with JFKs assassination.
• Shot and killed two days later by Jack Ruby in a
  parking structure as he was being moved from one
  jail to another.

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CIA

• Many in the CIA were threatened by the plans of
  JFK to combine military intelligence
  organizations and the CIA.
• Clay Shaw
• David Ferrie
• Guy Bannister
• Jim Garrison
• Jack Ruby

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People of Interest
David Ferrie
Clay Shaw
Jim Garrison
Jack Ruby
Guy Bannister
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Final Determination

• The Warren Commission concluded that Lee Harvey
  Oswald acted alone. He is the official assassin
  of JFK.
• Many people still disagree with the official
  findings of the Warren Commission.

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What do you think?

• Constructing Support What can you prove? What
  is fact and what is opinion?
• Analyzing Errors Are people assuming one answer
  where there may be many? Are they using logic or
  are they guessing?