COLD WAR ERA
IMPACT OF COLD WAR
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Peace Corps
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Missionary Movement
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Bonus Army
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Peace Initiative
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Detailed explanation-1: -One of the signature achievements of President John F. Kennedy was creating the Peace Corps, a new agency and a new opportunity for Americans to serve their country and their world.
Detailed explanation-2: -A hallmark of the Kennedy administration, the Peace Corps sent American citizens to developing countries to volunteer in the struggle against poverty, illiteracy, and disease.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Cold War and flexible response Like his predecessors, Kennedy adopted the policy of containment, which purported to stop the spread of Communism. President Eisenhower’s New Look policy had emphasized the use of nuclear weapons to deter the threat of Soviet aggression.
Detailed explanation-4: -Kennedy adopted Keynesian economics and proposed a tax cut bill that was passed into law as the Revenue Act of 1964. Kennedy also established the Peace Corps and promised to land an American on the moon, thereby intensifying the Space Race with the Soviet Union.