The Assassination of

J.F.K &
L.B.J’s Great Society
Chapters 12.3 to 13.1

Georgia Stucki
November 22, 1963
President John F. Kennedy was fatally shot in
the neck by his assassinator.
Dallas Texas during a presidential campaign
Lee Harvey Oswald
Suspected killer in the John F. Kennedy murder. Oswald was
positioned on the sixth floor of a Book Depository when he
shot three times at the motorcade killing President John F.
Kennedy. After fleeing and killing a police officer, J D. Tippit,
Oswald was arrested.
Lee Harvey Oswald was shot and killed November 24, 1963 by
Jack Ruby.
Conspiracies about the
Assassination

Conspiritists believe that Jack Ruby was a Mafia hitman ordered to

kill Lee Harvey Oswald in order to keep the planned assassination of
Kennedy from becoming known. After killing Oswald, Rudy claimed he
did it on behalf of Dallas, police and Jackie Kennedy but later testified
that he had no motive. In March 1965, he stated that no one would know
the “true facts” about his motives.
Lynden B. Johnson 36th President of the United States of America
November 22, 1963
Warren Commission Report
Created November 29th 1963 and concluded September 24
1964.
 Objectives: Results:
Commission Report being ruled as
insufficient and trying hard to
Investigate if Lee Harvey Oswald acted bend the evidence to prove only
alone in the assassination of President one man could have done it.
John F. Kennedy or with others.
Conspiracies started immediately
Findings: Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone. after it’s publication and fuels a
legacy of the government
withholding the “truth”.
On May
22, 1964

Lyndon B. Johnson gave a speech talking about America as a “Great Society”.

Johnson wanted to address to social, economic, educational and
environmental issues of America and win the “War on Poverty”
LBJ’s Great Society Programs
★ Civil Rights Act of 1964
★ Civil RIghts Act of 1968
★ Economic Opportunity Act of 1964
★ Food Stamp Program
★ Higher Education Act
★ Head Start Program
★ Job Corps
★ Voting Rights Legislation

“War on Poverty”
Educational Acts:
The Office of Economic Opportunity
created programs such as:

★ Job Corps
★ Head Start Program
★ Neighborhood Youth Corps
★ Higher Education Act
Each program was geared to offer
educational programs and support from
the community to the poorer areas of
America
Economic Acts:
★ Model Cities Program
★ Housing and Urban
Development Act
Social Security Acts of 1965
★ Medicare
★ Medicaid
Goal: Provide coverage for
self-employed, disabled and the
poor to qualify for health
coverage. In 1966, Medicaid was
born providing funds to pay for
medical care for the poor.
Environmental Acts:
Motor Vehicle Air Pollution Act in 1965 that was designed to control air
pollution caused by automobiles. Legislation mandated America needed
higher standards in emission controls to help with the pollution problem. The
big cities affected were New York and California.
The 24th Amendment was
ratified on January 1965 and it
stopped poll tax from all
federal elections in the U. S.
Social Acts:
Voting Rights Act of 1965 significantly
improved African American participation in
America’s political process (especially in the
South)
Civil Rights Act of 1964 banned discrimination in public accommodations
and stopped programs from getting federal funding if they supported
racial segregation. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission also
helped stop discrimination in the employment and the workplace.
Johnson’s Legacy...
Re-cap
WHY importance of Assassination of WHY importance of LBJ Great Society”
JFK:
Medicare and Medicaid programs still
People in America around that time still help to this day with providing health
remember exactly what they were doing care to people who would not normally
the day the president of America was qualify for federal health care.
shot and killed. Conspiracies, as useless
as them seemed, still exist today about
this important event.
Works Cited
Editors, History.com. “Assassination of John F. Kennedy.” History.com, A&E Television Networks, 19 Nov. 2018,

www.history.com/topics/us-presidents/jfk-assassination.

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“History.” History, www.peacecorps.gov/about/history/?_ga=2.219729562.2089472685.1555988050-1765253849.1555988050.

Harwood, Sterling. “Warren Commission.” Salem Press Encyclopedia, 2018. EBSCOhost,

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