THE COLD WAR 1950 1973
JOHN F KENNEDY AND THE COLD WAR
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Peace Corp
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Alliance for Progress
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Pencils of Promise
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American Peace Association
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Detailed explanation-1: -In 1961, President Kennedy signed the Foreign Assistance Act into law and created USAID by executive order.
Detailed explanation-2: -Congress approved the Peace Corps as a permanent federal agency within the State Department, and Kennedy signed the legislation on September 22, 1961.
Detailed explanation-3: -On March 1, 1961, President Kennedy signed this executive order establishing the Peace Corps. On September 22, 1961, Congress approved the legislation that formally authorized the Peace Corps.
Detailed explanation-4: -President John F. Kennedy signed the measure into law the next day. The Peace Corps had been created by Executive Order earlier in the year, as a Cold War presidential initiative to provide educational and technological support to developing countries through the work of trained, college-aged American volunteers.