https://padlet.com/108070218/2xa4cx1gpppvbcdq the JFK election to assasination en-us 2022-04-06 15:15:34 UTC 2022-04-07 15:07:29 UTC hello@padlet.com 108070218 https://padlet.com/108070218/2xa4cx1gpppvbcdq/wish/2132875914 Elected in 1960 as the 35th president of the United States, 43-year-old John F. Kennedy became one of the youngest U.S. presidents]]> 2022-04-06 15:32:20 UTC https://padlet.com/108070218/2xa4cx1gpppvbcdq/wish/2132875914 108070218 https://padlet.com/108070218/2xa4cx1gpppvbcdq/wish/2132877236 As president, Kennedy confronted mounting Cold War tensions in Cuba, Vietnam and elsewhere. He also led a renewed drive for public service and eventually provided federal support for the growing civil rights movement.]]> 2022-04-06 15:33:04 UTC https://padlet.com/108070218/2xa4cx1gpppvbcdq/wish/2132877236 108070218 https://padlet.com/108070218/2xa4cx1gpppvbcdq/wish/2132882055 During his first year in office, Kennedy oversaw the launch of the Peace Corps, which would send young volunteers to underdeveloped countries all over the world.]]> 2022-04-06 15:35:36 UTC https://padlet.com/108070218/2xa4cx1gpppvbcdq/wish/2132882055 108070218 https://padlet.com/108070218/2xa4cx1gpppvbcdq/wish/2132884404 Kennedy was slow to commit himself to the civil rights cause but was eventually forced into action]]> 2022-04-06 15:36:52 UTC https://padlet.com/108070218/2xa4cx1gpppvbcdq/wish/2132884404 108070218 https://padlet.com/108070218/2xa4cx1gpppvbcdq/wish/2132886328 sending federal troops to support the desegregation of the University of Mississippi after riots there left two dead and many others injured.]]> 2022-04-06 15:37:55 UTC https://padlet.com/108070218/2xa4cx1gpppvbcdq/wish/2132886328 108070218 https://padlet.com/108070218/2xa4cx1gpppvbcdq/wish/2132888869 On November 22, 1963, the president and his wife landed in Dallas; he had spoken in San Antonio, Austin and Fort Worth the day before. From the airfield, the party then traveled in a motorcade to the Dallas Trade Mart]]> 2022-04-06 15:39:04 UTC https://padlet.com/108070218/2xa4cx1gpppvbcdq/wish/2132888869 108070218 https://padlet.com/108070218/2xa4cx1gpppvbcdq/wish/2132890626 Shortly after 12:30 p.m., as the motorcade was passing through downtown Dallas, shots rang out; Kennedy was struck twice, in the neck and head, and was pronounced dead shortly after arriving at a nearby hospital.]]> 2022-04-06 15:39:52 UTC https://padlet.com/108070218/2xa4cx1gpppvbcdq/wish/2132890626