Topic 4

The Oklahoma Bombing

1) Where was McVeigh in 1991?

2) What was inside the rental trucked parked outside the Murrah Building?

3) How did McVeigh support himself before the bombing?

4) What were Ruby Ridge and Waco and what impact did they have on McVeigh?

5) What happened to McVeigh in June, 2001?

Common Questions: Focus on the actual bombing of the Murrah Building
1) Who was the group?
2) Where were they from?
3) What was their motivation? (cause?)
4) What did they do? (the Act?)
5) What happened immediately? (the result of the Act?) (# of deaths or casualties or type of damage)
6) What, if any, were the long-term outcomes of the Act?
7) Did the end justify the means? (did the outcome make the act okay?)
8) Do you believe this was an act of terrorism or a fight for freedom? 

List of references:

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1.    http://www.trutv.com/library/crime/serial_killers/notorious/mcveigh/turner_7.html

2.    http://www.history.com/topics/oklahoma-city-bombing

3.    http://terrortrials.blogspot.com/2011/04/sixteenth-anniversary-of-oklahoma-city_20.html

4.    http://edition.cnn.com/CNN/Programs/people/shows/mcveigh/timeline.html http://www.serendipity.li/waco/waco_his.html

5.    http://reason.com/archives/1999/10/04/what-happened-at-waco

6.    http://www.usconstitution.net/const.html#Am1  (freedom of religion + right to bear arms)

7.    http://www.trutv.com/library/crime/notorious_murders/not_guilty/koresh/1.html

8.    http://history1900s.about.com/od/1990s/qt/waco.htm

9.    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CloZVvjEdK4