Drake Bell

Technology and science has definitely evolved throughout the years. We have become a fully connected country where information is at our fingertips. This was unimaginable 200 years ago. It is amazing to see how far humans have come since then. A lot of it is credited to a few key people and inventions from the early 1800s. The first of these inventions is the steam locomotive. This may have been the most defining and important invention during this era. It started to connect the otherwise…

Herbert Spencer was thought to be the father of social Darwinism. He initially came up with the term survival of the fittest. Eugenics and social Darwinism were both similar since eugenics originated from social Darwinism of the late nineteenth century. "Eugenics" was thought of in 1883 by the English researcher Francis Galton, who was the cousin of Charles Darwin. Galton characterized the expression "eugenics” as the theory of hereditary improvement of the human race by selective breeding. The…

The years after the American Civil War have been characterized by Mark Twain and others as “The Gilded Age”. By this statement he means, this period was glittering on the surface but corrupt underneath. Historians have come to the conclusion that there was a decline of human value and low morals from 1870-1910. This was a period of greed, corruption, with Robber Barons, shady business tactics, and horrible political power. However, this era was the making of the modern world. We now have…

inspirations of Alexander Graham Bell or the actual telephone being built. To begin, Bruce briefly mentions George Sanders in a few sentences. Such a simple name, but a huge impact to Bell being his first deaf student that he had taught (90-91). From prior research, it is said that George Sanders later went on in life becoming successful in thanks to Bell, however it would’ve been more resourceful if Bruce provided that extra information. Another influence to Bell that lacks information includes…

invention of the late 19th century? Well, there are many choices to choose from. There is the light bulb/electricity which is mainly associated with Thomas Edison, the airplane created by the Wright Brothers, the telephone created by Alexander Graham Bell and his partner Thomas Watson, and the automobile/assembly line which is mainly related to Henry Ford. These people and their inventions have had an unbelievable effect on our world today. I cannot imagine this world without any of these…

Alexander Graham Bell was an inventive man who changed the future with everything that he invented. He was a man who started out with teaching the deaf how to communicate. He didn’t just randomly start inventing things. Alexander Graham Bell revolutionized the world with his telephone, schools for the deaf, his other inventions, his integrity as a man and with his family, even though he did not always receive the credit he was due. Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone, and…

In the book the sun also rises the author Ernest Hemingway, gives all of his characters different views about the world which helps understand why they carry themselves in the manners in which they do. Some characters based based off how they view the world and their out take on life, whether they view life from a materialistic or an emotional aspect of living. Three of the main characters Robert Cohn, Frances and Brett view the world materialistically, they feel as if they need things in there…

1880 In Tuscumbia, Alabama. Helen had a normal childhood until at the age of 19 months, she was stricken with an unknown illness that left her blind and deaf. Helen’s mom, Katherine noticed something was wrong when Helen didn’t react to the dinner bell or a hand waving in front of her face. Helen’s friend, Martha Washington, developed a way for them to communicate with one another. Although, communication was very limited and Helen struggled in the world of darkness. She would often kick or…

Why did the Law for Prevention of Offspring with Hereditary Mental Illnesses become a law? What type of treatments did the people go through? What effects did it have on the patients, the people who performed the sterilizations/ surgeries, and local citizens? The Law for Prevention of Offspring with Hereditary Mental Illnesses became a law because the Germans wanted a pure race. The treatments were brutal and the effects differed from the person’s view of the German race and what a part they…

Alexander Bell was inherited into the family on March 3, 1847. He was born in Edinburgh, Scotland. Alexander had two brothers, their designations were Edward and Charles Bell. His father, Alexander was a Pedagogia and his mother, Eliza had no job. He was born with no middle name eccentric, but was not recherche. When he turned 10 years old he beseeched for a middle name just like his other two brothers. For Alexander’s eleventh day of inchoation his father let him have a middle denomination. His…