Chuck D

There were many factors that led to the Great Depression like the stock market crash, bank runs, the dust bowl, and the new deal. The Great Depression was an economic downturn between 1929-1939. Many people lost their jobs and did not have enough money to keep a roof over their head. Only the rich could manage while the poor suffered. Both the rich and poor were scared, and the rich even hid their money so no one could take it from them. The whole economy was panicking so people just stopped…

There are billions of things that have affected and influenced me in my childhood. My very first handful of friends, the house I was raised in, which had the world’s creakiest floors, even the music that seemed to be blaring in the background of my earliest memories; but what I believe has shaped me the most is the small collection of books I grew up reading. I come from a big family of readers, so I think by now my love for reading is not a choice, but most definitely a hereditary trait.…

On March 4, 1933, Franklin Delano Roosevelt was sworn in as the President of the United States of America. On this day, he gave his first inaugural address to the American people. He pledged “an end the bureaucratic stagnation that plagued the administration of his predecessor.” (Pbs). He promised to lift America out of the worst economic depression, it had ever seen with rapid action. Roosevelt won the Presidential nomination over Herbert Hoover by an outstanding margin. March 4th, 1933 marks…

Everyone Can’t Be Super Seeking perfection in an imperfect world has been a massive dilemma in today’s society. The rapid development of technology in this generation has created many new opportunities for genetic engineering. In California, a personal-genomics organization has been awarded a U.S. patent for techniques used in fertility clinics to create babies with selected traits. This human modification will lead to the controversial idea of designer children with artificial attributes.…

multi billion-dollar brand advertises and represents all of the latest and greatest athletes. Phil Knight, the co-founder of Nike, is behind all of this publicity and fame that we see almost everywhere. Believed to be the 20th century version of John D. Rockefeller, Knight’s actions can easily be compared and contrasted to the capitalist techniques of that infamous Robber Baron. These two men shared very similar characteristics that included: ambition, risk taking, and greed. No matter if it…

A great leader named John Quincy Adams said “If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a LEADER.” People all over the world are leaders whether that means the President and Vice President of the United States of America, student council President or Vice President, captain of a sports team and etc. What you do and say determines whether you will go down in history as a great leader or a bad leader. For example John C. Maxwell said this “A LEADERS…

“People never grow up, they just learn how to act in public,” (Brian White). In J.D. Salinger’s The Catcher in the Rye, we follow the endeavors of a 17 year old Holden Caulfield as he struggles to find himself. He begins the book as a perceptive but disinterested youth who, after being expelled out of one of many preparatory schools, finds himself wandering the city of New York. Throughout the story, Holden strives for adulthood but at the same time being unable to truly escape his naive…

On October 29th of 1929, a day deemed “Black Tuesday,” one of the biggest events in history occurred: the crash of the stock market. At the end of the “Roaring Twenties,” a period of major economic prosperity, America was bewildered by an event so unexpected that it shook the nation and caused utter chaos. Thousands rushed to their banks only to realize that what they had before was gone. The wealthy, the poor, the middle class, and everyone who invested in stocks or used banks were all greatly…

Executive Privilege is a controversial presidential power that is recognized by the courts but is nowhere mentioned in the U.S. Constitution. Executive Privilege is often used by presidents to hide information that may be incriminating or detrimental to their party or political standing. Many historians and politicians have claimed that executive privilege is not real and question whether it is constitutional for presidents and other members of the executive branch to withhold documents and…

The United States was facing a great controversy with the depression going on in the late 1920’s. It was the most devastating economic downturn that the western industrialized world had ever faced. It caused nearly half of America’s banks to fail, and over 13 million people were unemployed by 1933. In order to combat these tremendous issues, President Franklin Roosevelt would have to create a set of programs impactful enough to face it. When the New Deal was active in the fall of 1932, it would…