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John F Kennedy

President Kennedy was about to run for the presidency once again. Before he was able to do so, he was assasinated. He had been speaking to Democratic parties in the country, and had mentioned that important states that he would need votes from. These states included Texas. JFK and his wife flew to Texas, where they entered a car with Govenor John Conallie and his wife.  As they drove through main street and then Dealy Plaza, the president was assasinated, on November 22,1966. Lee Harvey Oswald was blamed for the assasination of the president.

Theory #1.There are many theories as to who the president was assassinated by, and how it happened. One is called

THE MAGIC BULLET THEORY

This theory is that there was only one assassin (Lee Harvey Oswald), and he managed to have one bullet that went through the president, as well as the govenor.

Theory #2. TWO SHOOTER THEORY

Some people thought don't believe in the magic bullet and are convinced that there were two people who assasinated the President. One of them said to be on the grassy knoll, while the other was in the school book depository building.

IMPACT

The nation was schocked that the assasination happened. Not only had it happened, but it was caught on tape. The president in this time period had been a way of bringing hope to America. He was very well liked in the younger generation as well. His era was known as Camelot because America almost saw them as royalty, they were young and beautiful. Not only that, but JFK had many things going on in foreign policy. He was trying to get troops out of Vietnam which was overuled by LBJ. The National Debt continued to rise, and his attempt to end the cold war was left unfinished. FDR was known for his quest for peace, and since he was gone, America was deeply mourning his death. If JFK had survived and won the presidential election, history may have been a lot different. LBJ, was forever haunted by the events that occured during his presidency, prehaps if JFK had not been assasinated it would be different.