The historical context of a story refers to​

The circumstances under which the story was written. It's not the time in which the story itself is placed what matters, but the moment in history in which it was written.

Explanation:

Took AP English for 4 years

in "people in peace, not profit and war" chrisholm uses inductive reasoning for her argument against defense spending by stating that the new administration, like most americans, wanted to invest in social objectives, so they must not want to prioritize defense spending. mr. nixon said "we can delay no longer in launching new approaches to the problem that beset them", but chrisholm points out that the programs were delayed anyways.