Someone asked me if I wanted to make a New Year’s wish, and I said yes—and it was that I’d like to see every young person in the world join the “Just Say No” . . . club. Well, just the fact that Congress has proclaimed “Just Say No Week” and in light of all the activities taking place, it seems that my wish is well on its way to coming true. I’m so proud of all the young people, the parents, the citizens in cities and towns across the Nation, the Government, and everyone else who’s helping to create what I believe is the final solution to this problem. . . .

—First Lady Nancy Reagan, May 20, 1986

Which problem is Nancy Reagan hoping to solve with this campaign?

Which event prompted the United States to enter World War II?

Which benefit resulted from the introduction of the Bessemer steel process?

The Civil Rights Act of 1957 established a Civil Rights Division within the U.S. Department of Justice. What was the main purpose of this division?

What was a major influence on the popularity of the flapper during the 1920s?

At the height of the Cold War rivalry between the United States and the Soviet Union, HUAC’s influence soared and contributed to a climate of domestic fear stoked by its sensational and often unsubstantiated investigations.

—“The Permanent Standing House Committee on Un-American Activities,” U.S. House of Representatives Historical Highlights

The committee mentioned in this statement was investigating suspected members of the —

But when we come to the possible sequence of events, the loss of Indochina, of Burma, of Thailand, of the Peninsula, and Indonesia following, now you begin to talk about areas that not only multiply the disadvantages that you would suffer, . . . but now you are talking really about millions and millions and millions of people.

—President Dwight D. Eisenhower, news conference, April 7, 1954

In this excerpt, President Eisenhower is expressing concern about —

During Reconstruction the Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth Amendments were ratified. Which issue did these amendments address?

What was the effect of television on the development and outcome of the war? The conventional wisdom has generally been that for better or for worse it was an anti-war influence. It brought the “horror of war” night after night into people’s living rooms and eventually inspired revulsion and exhaustion. The argument has often been made that any war reported in an unrestricted way by television would eventually lose public support.

—Daniel Hallin, The Museum of Broadcast Communications

Which article would most likely quote this excerpt?

Which situation is an example of a person using technology initially designed for the military?