JFK Assassination Friday November 22, 1963

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JFK AssassinationFriday November 22, 1963

• A defining moment in American Historyif you were
  alive, you probably remember this moment.
• Had been 62 years since last assassination
  William McKinley
• Want to have map in your notebook.
• Know important points of map.

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John Fitzgerald Kennedy

• 35th President of the U.S.

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Quick Facts of Case

• Friday November 22, 1963
• Dallas, TX
• Dealey Plaza Park
• Texas School Book Depository
• 1230pmCST
• Lee Harvey Oswald24 years old.

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Lee Harvey Oswald

• Arrest Photo

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What will we study?Is There Something
background that could lead to Assassination?

• The Shooting, Why was JFK in Dallas?
• JFK as President
• Kennedy Background Info
• Kennedy Politics
• Lee Harvey Oswald
• November 22, 1963
• The Chase and Capture
• Magic Bullet/Jack Ruby
• Warren Commission

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Why Did JFK Go to Dallas?

• Texas not a good state for Democrats
• Dallas 97 Protestant
• Hand gun capital of the world
• Campaign for John Connally
• Talk to heads of big industry

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Dealey PlazaThe Park

• Outline the events

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Election of 1960

• JFK/Lyndon Johnson vs. Richard Nixon/Henry Cabot
  Lodge Jr.
• One of the closest in U.S. history
• TV Debates
• Minority President
• First Catholic2nd to run
• A New Frontier

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JFK Inauguration

• YouTube - John F. Kennedy Inaugural Address
  excerpts 1961