First exam, 2/19 Flashcards
What is a type I assassin?
Motivated by political issues
What is a Type II assassin?
Profound, seemingly un resolvable, personal problems
What is a type III assassin?
Angry, depressed, always suicidal, isolated, make no attempts to rationalize their actions.
What is a type IV assassin?
Sever mental derangement, delusional thinking, insane
Who was John Wilkes Booth?
Assassin of Pres. Lincoln, also actor in a big family.
Why does Clarke argue that political assassins are misunderstood for the most part?
Everyone assumes they’re insane, Clarke describes why this is not always true.
What argument is presented in “The Mad Booths of Maryland” ?
Says he’s just a “self-absorbed acrobatic, noisy alcoholic”
Where did the assassination of Lincoln take place?
Took place at Ford Theater, in DC
what type of assassin was john wilkes booth?
Type I assassin
Who was David Herold?
A co-conspirator, planned to shoot sec. of state Seward, was eventually tried by military court and hung.
Who was George Atzerodt?
co-conspirtrator, planned to assassinate VP johnson, got drunk and couldn’t follow through, also tried in military court and hanged.
Who was John Suratt?
Got away
Who was Samuel Mudd?
Doctor that helped Booth.
Who was Mary Suratt?
Also tried by military court and hanged.
Who was Samuel Arnold?
Co-conspirator.
What was the fate of each of the Lincoln conspirators?
All tried by military court and hanged.
Who was Leon Czolgosz?
Assassinated William McKinley (republican)
According to Clarke, why did Leon Czolgosz assassinate Pres. McKinley?
political reasons
What was the Haymarket Square Bombing?
8 anarchists for crime, major news story, providing a catalyst for bitter disputes that divided capital and labor.
How did the 1896 presidential election affect Czolgosz?
Confirmed what they (Waldek & Frank) had been reading about and discussing, that the oppressive corporate structure in America could only be changed through revolution. They read about this in anarchist journals.
What was the Lattimer Mines Massacre of 1897?
Workers were peacefully protesting, sheriff and his men started shooting, it lasted 1-5 minutes leaving 19 dead and 39 wounded.
Who was Sirhan Sirhan?
Type I assassin of Sen. Robert F. Kennedy
According to Clarke, why did Sirhan Sirhan assassinate Robert Kennedy?
Kennedy supported Israel and Sirhan didn’t, Sirhan saw that Kennedy was going to be the president, he decided he had to stop him.
What occurred at the Ambassador Hotel in June 1968?
Kennedy was shot by Sirhan Sirhan, but there are many conspiracies surrounding the event.
What was the six day war?
A war between Egypt & Israel, Kennedy supported Israel and sent over 50 bombs.
What was the result of the Sirhan Sirhan Trial?
He was found guilty and sentenced to death in a gas chamber, but now serving life at a prison in San Diego.
Who were Collazo and Torresola?
Both from Puerto Rico, type I assassins, attempted to kill Truman but killed an officer instead.
Why was an assassination attempt made on the life of President Truman?
They felt Puerto Rico was being oppressed by a colonial government, it was nothing personal against Truman himself.
What was the result of the Oscar Collazo trial?
The insanity plea was rejected, he was sentenced to prison for life, died in 1998.
What was the fate of Griselio Torresola?
Shot and killed.
Edward M. Stanton
Profited greatly from Lincoln’s assassination, was his sec. of war. Made it so there was only 1 bodyguard with them in the president’s box at the theater, despite the threats against Lincoln and Lincoln asking for more security.
Boston Corbett
Crazy, castrated himself, shot Booth in a burning barn, (girl or boy?)
According to Vankin and Whalen, which individual is believed to be at the center of the Lincoln Conspiracies?
Edward M. Stanton.
What is a Manchurian Candidate?
Brainwashed/convinced/in a trance into committing actions they wouldn’t otherwise commit, like murder.
Who is Nina Rhodes-Hughes and what was her connection to the RFK assassination?
She heard 2 gunshots firing, believes there was another gunman, authorities altered her account of the crime.
