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First exam, 2/19 Flashcards

1
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What is a type I assassin?

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Motivated by political issues

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What is a Type II assassin?

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Profound, seemingly un resolvable, personal problems

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What is a type III assassin?

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Angry, depressed, always suicidal, isolated, make no attempts to rationalize their actions.

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What is a type IV assassin?

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Sever mental derangement, delusional thinking, insane

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5
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Who was John Wilkes Booth?

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Assassin of Pres. Lincoln, also actor in a big family.

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Why does Clarke argue that political assassins are misunderstood for the most part?

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Everyone assumes they’re insane, Clarke describes why this is not always true.

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What argument is presented in “The Mad Booths of Maryland” ?

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Says he’s just a “self-absorbed acrobatic, noisy alcoholic”

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Where did the assassination of Lincoln take place?

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Took place at Ford Theater, in DC

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what type of assassin was john wilkes booth?

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Type I assassin

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Who was David Herold?

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A co-conspirator, planned to shoot sec. of state Seward, was eventually tried by military court and hung.

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Who was George Atzerodt?

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co-conspirtrator, planned to assassinate VP johnson, got drunk and couldn’t follow through, also tried in military court and hanged.

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Who was John Suratt?

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Got away

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Who was Samuel Mudd?

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Doctor that helped Booth.

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Who was Mary Suratt?

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Also tried by military court and hanged.

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Who was Samuel Arnold?

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Co-conspirator.

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What was the fate of each of the Lincoln conspirators?

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All tried by military court and hanged.

17
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Who was Leon Czolgosz?

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Assassinated William McKinley (republican)

18
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According to Clarke, why did Leon Czolgosz assassinate Pres. McKinley?

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political reasons

19
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What was the Haymarket Square Bombing?

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8 anarchists for crime, major news story, providing a catalyst for bitter disputes that divided capital and labor.

20
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How did the 1896 presidential election affect Czolgosz?

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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.

21
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What was the Lattimer Mines Massacre of 1897?

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Workers were peacefully protesting, sheriff and his men started shooting, it lasted 1-5 minutes leaving 19 dead and 39 wounded.

22
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Who was Sirhan Sirhan?

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Type I assassin of Sen. Robert F. Kennedy

23
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According to Clarke, why did Sirhan Sirhan assassinate Robert Kennedy?

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Kennedy supported Israel and Sirhan didn’t, Sirhan saw that Kennedy was going to be the president, he decided he had to stop him.

24
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What occurred at the Ambassador Hotel in June 1968?

A

Kennedy was shot by Sirhan Sirhan, but there are many conspiracies surrounding the event.

25
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What was the six day war?

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A war between Egypt & Israel, Kennedy supported Israel and sent over 50 bombs.

26
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What was the result of the Sirhan Sirhan Trial?

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He was found guilty and sentenced to death in a gas chamber, but now serving life at a prison in San Diego.

27
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Who were Collazo and Torresola?

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Both from Puerto Rico, type I assassins, attempted to kill Truman but killed an officer instead.

28
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Why was an assassination attempt made on the life of President Truman?

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They felt Puerto Rico was being oppressed by a colonial government, it was nothing personal against Truman himself.

29
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What was the result of the Oscar Collazo trial?

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The insanity plea was rejected, he was sentenced to prison for life, died in 1998.

30
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What was the fate of Griselio Torresola?

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Shot and killed.

31
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Edward M. Stanton

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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.

32
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Boston Corbett

A

Crazy, castrated himself, shot Booth in a burning barn, (girl or boy?)

33
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According to Vankin and Whalen, which individual is believed to be at the center of the Lincoln Conspiracies?

A

Edward M. Stanton.

34
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What is a Manchurian Candidate?

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Brainwashed/convinced/in a trance into committing actions they wouldn’t otherwise commit, like murder.

35
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Who is Nina Rhodes-Hughes and what was her connection to the RFK assassination?

A

She heard 2 gunshots firing, believes there was another gunman, authorities altered her account of the crime.

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