the Senate confirmation hearings of Supreme Court nominee Clarence Thomas

the U.S. declaration of war on Japan after the bombing of Pearl Harbor

the expansion of executive power during the Great Depression

the involvement of U.S. government officials in the Iran-Contra scandal

He set up the first computer network systems for the military.

He designed the heat-shield technology used on space shuttles.

He started the company that provides operating software for most personal computers.

He created an online store that changed the way people purchase consumer goods.

To encourage women to join the workforce

To reduce health problems among working women

To promote the purchase of organically grown produce

To increase the food supply during a farm-labor shortage

A young boy in Great Britain watches anime.

A teenage girl buys a hip-hop CD in China.

A businesswoman eats at a sushi restaurant in Canada.

A college athlete in Brazil trains for the Olympics.

the elimination of poll taxes

the repeal of the 18th Amendment

the outlawing of child labor

the ratification of the 19th Amendment

The requirement of equal access to school facilities for disabled students

The expansion of science in school curricula

The implementation of requirements for federal certification of private-school teachers

The desegregation of public schools

internment camps, the rationing of goods, and the first use of an atomic bomb

bank failures, the New Deal, and bread lines

installment plans, Prohibition, and flappers

brinkmanship, McCarthyism, and a policy of containment

“The power I exert on the Court depends on the power of my arguments, not on my gender."

“Yes, I did feel a special responsibility to be the first American woman in space.”

“I came to Washington to work for God, FDR, and the millions of forgotten, plain common workingmen.”

“I only knew that, as I was being arrested, that it was the very last time I would ever ride in humiliation of this kind.”

help the country recover from the turmoil of the previous decade

refuse to allow the continuation of laissez-faire economic policies

use diplomacy to establish alliances with other countries

improve economic growth by promoting unrestricted immigration

It led to the increased popularity of vaudeville stage performers.

It brought the most significant beat poets together.

It established jazz as a prominent musical form.

It focused attention on the antiwar literary genre.