Transcript of The Assassination of JFK By: Duncan Segers, Louis Wong and Richard “Big Head” Sun.
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- The Assassination of JFK By: Duncan Segers, Louis Wong and
Richard Big Head Sun
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- Who was JFK? -John Fitzgerald Kennedy was born on May 29th,
1917 -SPOILER ALERT! JFK died on November 22, 1963 -He preceded by
Dwight D. Eisenhower -He was the 35th President of the United
States and was a Democrat -Was in office from January 3rd,1953 to
December 22, 1960 -Was married to Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis
-Rumored to have had an affair with Marilyn Monroe -Was in the US
Navy and achieved the Lieutenant rank. - Also fought in WW2
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- Peace Keeper -JFK represented hope and a new generation -He was
young, charismatic and inspirational -Had plans to aid poverty and
privation "Ask not what your country can do for you--ask what you
can do for your country."- JFK -Wanted to resume what America
started, to revolutionize human rights
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- Vienna Summit -JFK and Premier Nikita Khrushchev met in Vienna,
Austria to discuss their issues and their relationship between
countries -Prior to the meet, Khrushchev and Kennedy both exchanged
letters -Kennedy wanted to talk to Khrushchev in person to work out
differences -The summit displayed his diplomatic approach to
problems
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- JFK and Vietnam -JFK was a firm believer of containing
communism. -In his first speech after becoming President, JFK made
it clear he would continue to support the Diem Government in South
Vietnam. -JFK decided to financially aid the South Vietnamese Army
to help them expand from 150,000 to 170,000 soldiers. -He also sent
1000 American military advisors to train the South Vietnamese Army.
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- Leading up to the assassination - Presidential visit to the
state of Texas was agreed upon by Lyndon B. Johnson, President John
F. Kennedy, and Governor John Connally JFK had three goals in mind:
1.Raise Democratic Party presidential campaign fund contributions
1.Start his journey on his reelection in November 1964 1.Since the
Kennedy-Johnson ticket hardly won Texas and actually lost in
Dallas, JFK wanted to smooth over relations with Texas democratic
party members, that were fighting their own battles
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- The Assassination -Took place in Dallas, Texas at 12:30 pm on
Friday November 22, 1963 -Occurred on a political trip to Texas, to
smooth over frictions in the Democratic Party -He was travelling in
a presidential motorcade through downtown Dallas -Was shot once in
the throat and once in the head -Was taken to Parkland Hospital for
emergency treatment, but was pronounced dead at 1:00 pm -Died at
the age of 46, which means he died younger than any other U.S.
president to date
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- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GL1qSGk8oM Q
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- The Warren Commision -Established by president Lyndon B.
Johnson on November 29th, 1963 -To investigate the assassination of
JFK -Final 889 page report was delivered to and presented
publically three days later by President Johnson on September 24th,
1964. -It is was concluded that Lee Harvey Oswald was the assassin
and acted alone, firing three shots -Was named after the 14th Chief
of Justice, Earl Warren -Due to its low amount of hard evidence,
the Warren Commision is often frowned upon and lead to the major
distrust of the federal government
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- Lee Harvey Oswald -Under five U.S. government investigations,
Lee Harvey Oswald, is believed to be the assassin that killed JFK
-Shot JFK with a 6.5mm Carcano carbine -Oswald was a former U.S.
Marine who defected to the Soviet Union in October 1959 -Was
arrested for murder of police officer J. D. Tippit (not
assassination of JFK) -Tippit was killed 45 minutes after JFK was
killed -Assassinating the president wasnt actually a federal crime
in 1963 so Oswald wouldve only been charged with murder.
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- Murder of Oswald -Oswald was shot and mortally wounded by
Dallas nightclub owner Jack Ruby in front of television cameras
that were broadcasting live -He was on his way from the police
headquarters to the county jail.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3n9VQ-dXrwQ
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- Jack Ruby -Dallas jury found Ruby guilty of murdering Oswald,
and was sentenced to death -Ruby later appeals his conviction and
was granted a new trial -On the date that his new trial was being
set, Ruby died from pulmonary embolism -Many Americans believed
Ruby should have been lauded for his actions rather than
prosecuted.
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- Aftermath -The immediate results in Washington arguably
produced one of the most progressive eras of legislation in U.S.
history next to the 1910s and 1930s. -The Kennedy assassination and
the investigation (or lack thereof) produced a permanent distrust
and shattered the American people's confidence in their own federal
government. -Many loyalists claim that had Kennedy not been
assassinated in '63, the escalation of an American military
presence in the Vietnam War would not have occurred.
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- The Aftermath cont. - Impacted culturally and politically -
Known as one of the most important events in American history -
Television surpasses newspapers, the JFK assassination was the
longest uninterrupted news broadcast in TV history until 9/11
attacks - The start of a general distrust of the American federal
government
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- -Both presidents were elected to the House of Representatives
in '46. -Both presidents were elected to the presidency in '60,
after a series of debates with their opponent. -Lincoln defeated
incumbent Vice President John C. Breckenridge for the presidency in
1860; Kennedy defeated incumbent Vice President Richard M. Nixon
for the presidency in 1960. -Both their predecessors left office in
their seventies and retired to Pennsylvania. James Buchanan, whom
Lincoln succeeded, retired to Lancaster Township; Dwight D.
Eisenhower, whom Kennedy succeeded, retired to Gettysburg. Lincoln
and JFK Coincidences
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- -Both their Vice Presidents and successors were Southern
Democrats named Johnson (Andrew Johnson and Lyndon B. Johnson) who
were born in '08. -Both presidents were concerned with the problems
of African Americans and made their views strongly known in '63.
Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation in 1862, which took
effect in 1863. In 1963, Kennedy presented his reports to Congress
on Civil Rights, and the same year was the famous March on
Washington for Jobs and Freedom. -Both presidents were shot in the
head on a Friday seated beside their wives. Both Fridays preceded a
major holiday observed within the week.
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- Lincoln and JFK Coincidences -Both presidents were accompanied
by another couple. -The male companion of the other couple was
wounded by the assassin. -Both presidents had a son die during
their presidency. -Both presidents fathered four children, only one
of whom survived into the next century and who served other
presidents by political appointment. -Both presidents' wives died
in their sixties after an untimely decline in health, during the
administration of a president who had seen their husbands in
Washington, D.C. the same year as the assassination.
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- Lincoln and JFK Coincidences -Lincoln was shot by John Wilkes
Booth at Ford's Theatre; Kennedy was shot by Lee Harvey Oswald in a
Lincoln automobile, made by Ford. -Both presidents' last names have
7 letters. -There are 6 letters in each Johnson's (Vice Presidents)
first name. -After shooting Lincoln, Booth ran from a theatre to a
warehouse; after shooting Kennedy, Oswald ran from a warehouse to a
theatre.
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- Lincoln and JFK Coincidences -Both assassins were Southern
white males born in the late '30s, who were in their mid-20s. -Both
assassins were killed before being tried, by men who were reared in
the North, changed their name as adults, and were bachelors. -Both
assassins had 15 letters in their name
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- Lincoln and JFK Coincidences -Both assassins shot the fatal
bullet while in a building where they worked on a floor above
ground level. -Both assassins suffered injuries during escape.
-Both assassins sympathized with a government that was adversarial
to the interests of the United States.
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- Conspiracy Theories The Mafia- The theorized motive was because
his brother was turning up the heat on organised crime. Robert was
the US attorney general at the time and his "anti-mafia crusade"
lead to a sharp increase in the number of prosecutions of senior
mafia figures. Lyndon Baines Johnson- A poll revealed that 20 per
cent of Americans believed Johnson had something to do with JFK's
death. Some theories include the Johnsons possible desire to become
president, his need to cover up scandals, and his involvement with
the FBI.
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- Conspiracy Theories Jackie Kennedy- One of the more farfetched
theories alleges that JFK's wife had him killed herself. Could the
president's wife have actually been behind his murder? Some
theorists claim that Jackie Kennedy was jealous of her husbands
alleged affair with Marilyn Monroe and she put a hit on him as an
act of revenge. Furthering this theory is the fact that Jackie
Kennedy remarried quite quickly following the death of JFK. The
Illuminati- A theory is that the president fell foul of the
Illuminati because he wanted to end the Vietnam War, a conflict
that was paying the "shadowy bankers" lots of money. It is also
theorized that they were "angered" by JFK's attempts to "rein in"
the power of the US Federal Reserve.
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- Optional Doc -SUPER COOL!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ICxqP-t1Ms
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- THE END Thanks for listening and givin her a look