A characteristic of American companies in the 1920´s was the massive production in order to cover the demand of new products such as: cars; vacuum cleaners; washing machines and radios among other goods. This massive production forced the demand on labor and the US began to change from being rural and agricultural to urban and industrial.
Kennedy chose his brother-in-law R. Sargent Shriver to head a task force to outline the development of the Peace Corp and then to a eventually head the Peace Corp.