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Assassinations and Assassination Attempts
Assassination is the act of murdering a well-known figure by surprise attack.
679 Questions
What was the goal behind the assassination of President Lincoln?
Booth thought that by destroying the leadership of the Union, the South would gain enough time to pull the Confederate Army together and make the Civil War a win.
As a famous actor, John Wilkes Booth knew alot about motivation. He was a southern sympathizer who hated Lincoln. He had to be a meglomaniac, for he saw, by assassinating Lincoln, that he would become a Southern "hero".
What conflict began with the assassination of archduke frerdinand?
This assassination lead to the start of the first world war.
Use the word assassination in a sentence?
James Earl Ray was linked to Martin Luther Kings assassination.
Why was JFK's assassination the day America lost its innocence?
It was because he really didnt get a chance to get to his top...he was the youngest president and he was killed very soon in his presidency
Was the assassination of Martin Luther King linked to terrorism?
No. That term was not in our vocabulary in 1968. Earl Ray Jones was considered a man who assassinated King for his own insane reason.
Abraham Lincoln assassination slave point of view?
Lincoln wanted to abolish slavery, and to forgive the states that were defeated.
Where in New York city did lee Harvey oswald live?
he lived on179th Street and Marmion Avenue for about a year.
He went to Junior High School 44 at that time.
Previously he lived near the Grand Concourse and went to JHS 117 (Wade).
How did the assassination of Abraham Lincoln change presidential security?
Strangely, it is said that the last order Lincoln signed was to establish the "Secret Service". This is the agency charged with the responsibility of protecting the President. But, even with that, it is also said that if someone is out to get you, they will find a way.
Whose assassination is considered the spark that ignited World War 1?
Franz Ferdinand (spelling)? You spelled it correctly.
What was the mans name killed in the assassination attempt instead of FDR?
It was Chicago Mayor Anton Cermak.
What is the best silenced handgun for assassination?
Best is a relative term that has to many variables.
What was the name of the police officer allegedly shot by Oswald following JFK's assassination?
J. D. Tippit
Who else was in involved in Martin Luther King Jr assassination?
According to James Earl Ray, there was a mystery man named Raoul.
When the assassination of Emperor Yang Ti ended which dynasty?
Yang Ti, the last ruler of the Sui Dynasty, was killed in 618 AD by his generals, who blamed him for the disastrous defeat of the Chinese army in Korea
Who killed john f. kennedy and how?
President John F. Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas, Texas on November 22, 1963 at aged 46. He was shot while traveling in a presidential motorcade through downtown Dallas. The shots were fired from the Texas School Book Depository which overlooked the route of the motorcade. Lee Harvey Oswald was arrested for the crime. Oswald was murdered two days later by Jack Ruby. Various groups believed that Kennedy was the victim of a conspiracy. However, the FBI and the Warren Commission officially concluded that Oswald was the lone assassin.
Who were the survivors of Bobby Kennedy's assassination?
Five persons were wounded. They were William Weisel of ABC News, Ira Goldstein of the Continental News Service, Paul Schrade of the United Auto Workers, Elizabeth Evans from the Democratic Party and campaign volunteer Irwin Stroll.
Close at hand, but uninjured by the gunfire were Karl Uecker, the maitre d' of the Ambassador Hotel, busboy Juan Romero who was shaking Kennedy's hand when he was shot, his three man securiity detail included Rafer Johnson, Roosevelt Grier and Bill Barry were unscathed, as was author George Plimpton.
Cesar Chavez died of natural causes on 23 April 1993.
Who was the first president to survive an assassination attempt?
Andrew Jackson was the 1st president to survive an attempt on his life. The shooter's gun never fired.
Reagan was the first sitting president to survive an assassin's bullet as Jackson was never actually shot.
John F. Kennedy was the first president to survive the 1st attempt but not the 2nd.
"December 11, 1960: While vacationing in Palm Beach, Florida, President-elect John F. Kennedy's life was threatened by Richard Paul Pavlick, a 73-year-old former postal worker. Pavlick's plan was to serve as a suicide bomber by crashing his dynamite-laden 1950 Buick into Kennedy's vehicle, but the plan was disrupted when Pavlick saw Kennedy's wife and daughter bidding him goodbye.
Theodore Roosevelt survived a gun shot wound which was inflicted by a would-be assassin while Roosevelt was making a campaign speech in his presidential campaign of 1912, after he has left office as president.
if you mean "how to?".probably don't do anything to get someone to assassinate you in the first place .don't run for president if your black and that same year the KKK has had its most members in years(wink wink ;nudge nudge)
Though it is not known if Oswald's fingerprints were recovered from the Texas School Book Depository building, they would have been of no evidentiary value unless they were found on the weapon or ammunition known to have been used to assassinate President Kennedy. The reason for this is that Oswald worked in this building and there would have been numerous witnesses to testify to this fact, ergo creating his opportunity of being in the location from which the shot was fired, whcih his fingerprints being there would have otherwise proven if this were not the case.
What did the conspirators do with Antony just before the assassination attempt?
Trebonius lures Antony away from Caesar so the murderers can get to him.
Is assassination of a political leader ever justified?
Assassinating a political leader may be justified in the minds of some people. However, there is no where on earth where killing a national leader is not a crime.
The assassination of which person was the immediate cause of the war?
Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria.
