Read the excerpt from chapter 5 of wheels of change.
poets and writers also explored the impact of the wheel and the changing dynamics between the sexes that it bring about. magazines and some newspapers regularly published poetry and short stories at that time, and cycling was a popular theme. in 1893, poet madeline s. bridges celebrated the female cyclist's new freedom by contrasting her with the maidens of the past who used wheels to spin thread.
which aspect of historical context does this excerpt most reflect?
a development in world events
a development in technology
a shift in national politics
a shift in society and its values

The answer is D.shift in society and its values

the speech this question is referring to is president kennedy's special message to the congress on urgent national needs, may 25, 1961

kennedy responds in a very direct and concrete way to those thinking that communism is a positive system:

"yet their aggression is more often concealed than open. they have fired no missiles; and their troops are seldom seen. they send arms, agitators, aid, technicians and propaganda to every troubled area. but where fighting is required, it is usually done by others--by guerrillas striking at night, by assassins striking alone--assassins who have taken the lives of four thousand civil officers in the last twelve months in vietnam alone--by subversives and saboteurs and insurrectionists, who in some cases control whole areas inside of independent nations." (kennedy)

president kennedy presents communism as cowardly, as a hidden and treacherous weapon that strikes from the shadows like thieves, he represents the system as not even being capable of showing and open and overt attack or confrontation. to finish up the response, he expresses that the system attacks even a country's idependence and freedom.

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