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Why did Kennedy initiate programs such as the Peace Corps and the Alliance for Progress that reached out to Third World nations?

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promote world peace and friendship

Step-by-step explanation:

On September 22, 1961, Kennedy signed congressional legislation creating a permanent Peace Corps that would promote world peace and friendship through three goals:

(1) to help the peoples of interested countries in meeting their need for trained men and women.

(2) to help promote a better understanding of Americans on the part of the peoples served.

(3) to help promote a better understanding of other peoples on the part of Americans.

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