Kickstarting Education and Technology in Undeveloped Countries with Peace Corps

What volunteer organization was created by President Kennedy to bring education and technology to undeveloped countries?

Options:

1. embargo

2. Alliance for Progress

3. reconnaissance

4. Peace Corps

Answer:

Peace Corps

Explanation:

After the end of World War II, several members of the United States Congress proposed projects to establish voluntary organizations in developing countries. Senator Brien McMahon (D-Connecticut) proposed a "army" of young Americans to act as "missionaries of democracy" in 1952. Private non-religious organizations began sending volunteers overseas during the 1950s.

It is worth noting that although President John F. Kennedy is credited with creating the Peace Corps, the first initiative actually came from Senator Hubert H. Humphrey, Jr. (D-Minnesota) in 1957, three years before JFK's famous speech at the University of Michigan.