Exploring Why and By Whom Kennedy Was Killed

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Exploring Why and By Whom Kennedy Was Killed

On November 22nd 1963, President John F Kennedy visited Dallas in

Texas. He went there because he wanted to have support and money for

his campaign. He wanted to help poorer people and also wanted to

improve government health facilities, schools and houses. He didn’t

like the way black people were treated and wanted their living

conditions to get better. He also wanted to stop the Russians from

becoming too powerful and wanted to stop communism from spreading. It

was at 12:30 in Dealey Plaza in Dallas that President Kennedy was

killed.

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The people most likely to be behind the assassination are Lyndon

Johnson, the Mafia, Lee Harvey Oswald and Jack Ruby.

The possible reasons for killing Kennedy are, I think to do with these

two different types of people:

· Lyndon Johnson

· The Mafia

Lyndon Johnson would want to kill President Kennedy for three reasons

I think were most important to him:

1) He would become president if Kennedy was dead

2) He argued a lot with Kennedy and probably disliked him

1) He knew Kennedy would get rid of him if he (Kennedy) won the next

elections.

The Mafia would want to kill Kennedy mainly because Kennedy’s brother

was getting Mafia leaders arrested and sent to prison. Before the

election, Kennedy’s father made promises and deals with Mafia leaders

if they voted for his son so he could be made president.

I think Lee Harvey Oswald and Jack Ruby either worked for the Mafia

(members), or were chosen by the Mafia or Lyndon Johnson to do the

job.

The evidence which suggests this is what Jack Ruby said about Lyndon

Johnson. He didn’t specifically use his name but said Kennedy’s death

was something to do with “the man in power now”. The evidence about

the Mafia is what some Mafia leaders said, one said:”Kennedy’s not

going to make it to the next election.” Another said “The dog will

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