JFK and LBJ Flashcards
JFK Assassination Date
November 22, 1963
Why was JFK in Texas?
Win over conservative Democrats.
Who killed Kennedy?
Lee Harvey Oswald.
On what floor did he shoot from?
6th
Oswald was formally a US ________.
Marine
Oswald moved to _______.
USSR
Oswald worked for the _________.
Texas Book Repository.
Who killed Oswald?
Jack Ruby
Why did Ruby kill Oswald?
To protect Mrs. Kennedy from having to go back to Texas and testify.
Who took over for JFK?
LBJ
Suspicions led to?
Warren Investigation
Johnson Religion
Methodist
Johnson’s old job
Teacher. HR, senate majority leader.
LBJ on JFKs Plans
Carried out and kept cabinet.
Rewrote 1963 to Civil Rights Act of 1964.
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Ended segregation and employment discrimination.