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    The assassination of President Kennedy was a day that shocked the hearts of many Americans. Kennedy’s assassination was a significant moment that had marked the ending of World War II and the beginning of the riots of the 1960s and the early 1970s. According to The Good News, “Many Americans who remember that horrifying day are still trying to understand what it meant.”(McNeely, 2013) Kennedy’s assassination can be seen as a turning point in many ways because the assassination was carried…

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    Lee Harvey Oswald had to have been part of a bigger conspiracy. There is no way that he could have done this alone. Him and Jack Ruby met in a night club 2 weeks before the assassination. Those 2 probably had something to do with the mob. Oswal´s job was to kill the president and if he did it wrong then Jack Ruby was to kill him. Jack Ruby tried to warn police to change the route of Oswald's transformation or else he wouĺd be shot but they didn't listen to him and he did end up dieing.…

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    The conspiracy that I think killed J.F.K. was an inside job because everything was just too perfect to be true. The way everything fell into place like the car breaking down and the change of the path just seems too good to be true. The text says that Oswald was the lone killer but that can’t be true because he was was sitting on the 2th floor of the school bank depository were oswald worked eating lunch, were the 3 shots were fired and Oswald was sitting there like nothing happened. The reason…

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    On November 22nd, 1963 John Fitzgerald Kennedy was visiting Dallas Texas while preparing for his next presidential campaign. President Kennedy, Jacqueline Kennedy, Texas Governor John Connally, and his wife Nellie Connolly were all four riding together in the President’s limousine. Closely following them was another limousine filled of secret service agents, the only agent that was armed was George Hickey. Agent Hickey was armed with an AR-15, his rifle was loaded with rounds encased by copper…

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    Have you ever wonder what was the reason of the assassination of John F. Kennedy? He was the president of the United States. John F. Kennedy was assassinated on Friday, November 22, 1963. He was assassinated in Dallas, Texas while riding in a presidential motorcade in Dealey Plaza. The assassination of John F. Kennedy was unjust because he was a war hero and he fought to end segregation; however some people believe that The Cuban Missile Crisis was his fault. The citizens of the United…

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    John F. Kennedy Assassination Theories What really did happen to John F. Kennedy? Was he shot and killed by Lee Harvey Oswald or was it something else? Many historians, politicians, and everyday people have their own take on what really happened on November 22, 1963.There are many different theories and possibilities that people concoct. Some involve the Vice President at the time Lyndon B. Johnson, the Mafia, Cuban President Fidel Castro, and even the CIA. If all of these conspiracies…

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    JFK Assassination John F. Kennedy was the 35th President of the United States of America. He was shot while riding through Dealey Plaza in Dallas, Texas on November 22, 1963. He was then rushed to Parkland Hospital and approximately 30 minutes later he was pronounced dead at the age of 46. At 1:00 P.M. his body was removed and taken back to Washington aboard Air Force One with Jackie and his successor. It is said that Lee Harvey Oswald fired three shots for the sixth floor of the…

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    Political assassinations have destabilized and changed the very nature of countries and in some cases the entire world. The practice of assassination stretches back to ancient times with the first notable, or significant victim, the Egyptian pharaoh Amenemhet I who gained power by usurpation in 1986 B.C. He unwittingly set an example to his courtiers who devised his killing. The course of human history is studded with countless acts of assassinations and even more we do not know about and…

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    President John F. Kennedy’s Assassination Oswald was the lone assassin that shot and killed president John F. Kennedy. Oswald also had a fake identification and pretended his name was “Alex Hidell” so that his real identification was classified. He was a part of the CIA before he had shot President Kennedy, and some of the CIA won’t let out some paperwork of the assassination. Who knows maybe the CIA wanted to kill the president. People also don't think that Oswald was the lone assassin…

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    cheering, then bang, there is a gun sound and chaos occurred when people realized the President just got shot. That being said, JFK’s assassination was unjust because of his own CIA were suspects and Oswald, the killer, was believing more in Cuba and communism; however Oswald thought differently as he was defending his so called country of Cuba. JFK’s assassination was unjust because his own CIA could've been part of it. Theories include that the CIA were getting mad at JFK about him…

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