The Alliance for Progress, Which Intended to Improve Economic Growth

question 54

Multiple Choice

The Alliance for Progress, which intended to improve economic growth and democratic reforms in Latin America, was

• A) effectively implemented by American Peace Corps volunteers.
• B) effective economically but ineffective in developing pro-American sentiment in the region.
• C) generally disappointing in its development and implementation.
• D) weakened by the Kennedy administration's harsh policies toward Cuba.
• E) an incentive for growing Soviet intervention in the region.

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