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Space Race-race between USSR and US to get into space and to the moon. Soviets were in the lead because of Sputnik, an unmanned satellite. We thought they could use it to spy on us. We felt vulnerable. WE thought if they were a

• Jack Ruby said he killed Oswald so that Mrs. Kennedy wouldn't have to go through and face him in trial
• Warren Commision= organization put into affect to find out what really happened on the day of Kennedy's assassination; it was designed to put all th

NOTES:

Turmoil of the Mexican Government:

-There were tensions with Texas

-Mexican government sent an official to investigate

-The official reported Texas could throw the whole nation into a revolution

-Mexico made people settling in Texas pay taxes and t

Conspiracy Theories

• Report of the Select Committee on Assassinations of the U.S. House of Representatives

Who might have killed JFK?

• The Cuban's(x2)
• The KGB(USSR)
• The US Mafia
• The CIA(US Government)
• The Zero Game- Any President that ended in a 0 either dies

Today we finished the conspiracy theories of JFK. We then moved into the Cold War song projects. The first video we watched was the Space Race one. After that we moved into the Bay of Pigs Invasion.

Class dismissed.

started presenting our projects today.

Space Race:

• Sputnik was the soviets satellite!
• we were always behind the Soviets.
• had a huge impact on education.
• moon landing-1969. Louis Armstrong & Buzz Aldrin.
• Sally Ride was the first females in space.
• 1985 Challe

Today we start our song presentations, and finished the JFK assassination

-Space Race

• We were behind because the Russians got Sputnik in the sky
• We were always in front of the Russians, but this time we weren't
• Yuri Gagarin was the first person in space

Today we reviewed over what we talked about friday.
reviewed the assassination and conspiracys
and now we watched music videos.
SPutnik- education>>math and science
-Yuri Gagarin
1960 moonshot- moon landing 1969-
Louis armtrong/buzz adrin
-Space Shuttle
tho

Started to talk about Conspiracy Theories for the JFK assassination.

Started Presentations.

Presented Cold War Projects.

JFK assassination.

Yuri Gagarin.

Sputnik - Education - Science, Math.

Moonshot Speech - 1960.

Moon Landing - 1969. Louis Armstrong / Buzz Aldrin.

Space Shuttle.

Sally Ride, First Female In Space.

Mir.

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Kennedy Conpiracy

Who Might have Killed JFK-

Cubans- the bay of pigs invasion

The US Mafia- Kennedy's dad told a mafia leader to have all of Chicago vote for him and they wont go after the mafia but they did

The CIA (US Gov't)- Some think Oswold was a CI

Today video projects were due and we continued to discuss conspiracy theories dealing with the Kennedy Assassination.

• Who might have killed JFK? a) The Cubans b) The KGB c) The US Mafia d) The CIA/US government e) The Zero Game

Space Race Video

• It was a

Finished JFK (notes on last Monday's blog). Started song project videos.

Notes on Cold War:

• The Space Race- it was a race between the USSR and USA to who could get to the moon first; we were behind in the space race because the Soviets sent up Sputnik

today we are talking about the Kennedy assassination and are going to present our projects.

Warren commission - reported that Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone and tried to get rid of all the conspiracy that was going on. people really questioned the repo

today we talked about conspireces and the magic bullet

-JFK (Lee Harvey Oswald)

• Lee Harvey Oswald was in the marines
• was a sharp shooter
• liked communism
• Marina is his wife and they have a child
• move back to the US
• New Orleans handed out pamphlets, "Hands off Cuba"
• shooting from Texas School Book Depository on t

We have to finish notes on Kennedy Assassination-

• Jack Ruby killed Oswald so Mrs. Kennedy wouldn't have to see him at trial

• Warren Commission was to get rid of all conspiracy theories

1. Conspiracy theories

• Magic Bullet Theory- One bullet went through Kenne

absent.

John F. Kennedy

Scandals and Non Cold War and Non Civil Rights Achievements

John F. Kennedy apparently had 5 affairs during his presidency. He supposedly told his brother that he needed to “sleep with different women to get rid of migraines”. These aff

     Dwight Eisenhower was the 34th President of the US. He was president from 1953 until 1961. He some good accomplishments. When he was president, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration were inaugurated. Space exploration also began duri