JFK Assassination

Mafia

A conspiracy theory exists that the _______________ was involved in Kennedy's death because of the president's affair with another woman and his brother Bobby's aggressive pursuit of organized crime leaders.

poor

FBI and other firearms experts testified that the rifle found on the 6th floor of the TSBD was in such _______________ condition it could not be fired accurately.

Ruby

Jack _______________ shot Oswald to death in the basement garage of Dallas Police HQ

Catholic

John F. Kennedy was the first _______________ to be elected president of the USA.

Dealey

Kennedy was assassinated soon after his motorcade entered _______________ Plaza.

patsy

Lee Harvey Oswald denied killing the president and told reporters in a crowded hallway at Dallas Police HQ that he was just a _______________ (which is someone setup to take the blame).

grassy

Many people on the street close to the president's limousine said they believed shots had been fired from the famous '_______________ knoll'

young

Most people would have described President Kennedy as _________________, fit and handsome.

Warren

President Johnson asked Earl _______________ (who was then Chief Justice of the Supreme Court) to lead the official investigation of President Kennedy's murder.

Bobby

President Kennedy's younger brother _______________ was assassinated in 1968 while running for president

front

Some conspiracy theories are based on evidence that the fatal head shot seemed to come from the _______________ of the president's limousine.

lone

The official report on the assassination concluded that a _______________ gunman fired all the shots at the motorcade from behind and above the presidents limousine.

Oswald

The official report on the assassination identifies Lee Harvey _______________ as the shooter

School

The official report said the assassin fired at the motorcade from a position on an upper floor of the Texas _______________ Book Depository.

friendly

This word would describe the greeting the Kennedys received from the people of Dallas on November 22, 1963.

Dallas, TX

Where was Kennedy assassinated?

Cuba

a communist country that some conspiracy theories accuse of being responsible for President Kennedy's murder

the Soviet Union (Russia)

a communist country the assassin had defected to and lived in for 2-years (and where he met and married his wife)

the bubble top

a protective cover for the limousine that was not used on the day of the assassination

motive

criminal investigators always ask if a suspect had the means, the _______________, and the opportunity to commit the crime

Secret

the ______________ Service is responsible for protecting the president (and his family) 24/7

surgeons

the _______________ who tried to keep Kennedy alive at the hospital in Dallas believed the wounds in his neck and head were 'entrance' wounds

autopsy

the awful job that was done on the president's _______________ back in Washington also contributed to conspiracy theories about the case

Parkland

the name of the hospital in Dallas where the president died and where, two days later, his assassin died

errors

the numerous _______________ in the federal government's official report on the assassination have contributed to many conspiracy theories about the case

Governor Connally

the other occupant of the president's limousine who was seriously wounded

The First Lady

the person sitting next to President Kennedy when he was shot

medical examiner (or coroner)

the person who insisted the president's body would have to remain at the hospital until an official (and lawful) autopsy could be done

Lyndon Baines Johnson (LBJ)

the vice-president who became the next president when JFK died that day