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Question: What was the main reason President Kennedy established the Peace Corps in 1961?

Responses:

To counter Soviet influence through humanitarian projects.

To create a mandatory national service program.

To provide military training to developing nations.

To establish new economic trade routes with Europe.

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To counter Soviet influence through humanitarian projects.

Kennedy created the Peace Corps to send American volunteers to developing countries to provide technical assistance, promote goodwill, and offer a nonmilitary means of containing communism.