Henry Cabot Lodge

Manhattan’s Lower East Side. This child born of means would one day turn his back on his elite status to defend the defenseless. This child grew up to be Henry Bergh, the creator of the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, an organization that still exists today more than 150 years after its inception. I am honored to be here with Henry Bergh to ask him some questions about his life. “Mr. Bergh, thank you for taking time to speak with me today, please tell me where you…

The killers of the crops and economy, the Dust Bowl and Great Depression carry the hardships of the itinerant farmers, uprooting them West. In The Grapes of Wrath, Steinbeck captures the need of strength of the American migrant families to face their depressing reality. Throughout the novel, Tom Joad develops into the speaker for the American movement as he learns the importance of unity through Jim Casy. At the beginning of the novel, Tom Joad represents an individualist, but eventually…

In their journey to California, the Joads have to deal with the increasing reliance on technology. However, this new technology ends up being a negative thing, pushing out people from their homes and wrecking the land. The struggle between technology and nature can first be seen when a truck driver sees “the turtle and swerved to hit it” and “roll[ing] it off the highway” (Steinbeck 22). The turtle represents nature and the people, while the truck and its driver represents technology. Like the…

Now begins the story of James monroe was important president though you may not think that he was because of the common knowledge of George Washington and Abraham Lincoln he has history to. So James monroe was born April 28, 1758 thus the story has begun. So James Monroe was in the democratic republican party as in for the details about the party. This party was created to support the constitution and it worked because now we under the constitution’s rules. My thoughts about the party it's a…

History of Chevys! Freshman technology Chevrolet was introduced by William C.durant and louis chevrolet. By 1980 they were selling around 50,000 horse-drawn vehicles. They started shared the company with the Durant-Dort Carriage Company. In 1909 William Durant asked Louis Chevrolet a famous race car driver to help design and promote a new car.They sold the car for over $2000. “1916 Chevrolet 490” Louis left the business of designing cars and he went back to…

In the “The Grapes of Wrath” by John Steinbeck, we follow the Joads as they migrate from Oklahoma to California with family and friends in three stages. I believe that Steinbeck used unsophisticated protagonists and language for the sake of the general public. John Steinbeck wanted this book to be relatable to the public and for people to understand and relate to and feel compassion for the people who felt the hardships of the dust bowl the most. Steinbeck uses a lot of repetition making it easy…

Thus, legislatures in the south wanted to nullify the tariff, not follow it. Southerners felt that if they continued to allow the federal government to act with such authority, they would abolish slavery. Nullification was eventually rescinded when Henry Clay created a new tariff, reducing the duties of the…

Have you ever wondered how world leaders continue to make an impact on the world after they finish their terms in office? Do all leaders feel the urge to take responsibility and help the impoverished and poor areas of the world to improve and become productive? Some leaders could leisurely sit back in their retirement, making frail efforts to improve the world. Other leaders might strive to make the world a better place, through vigorous organizations that fix society’s problems willingly. One…

John Steinbeck’s The Grapes of Wrath is an American novel, published in 1939 interprets the story of Tom Joad, who was pardoned from the Oklahoma State Penitentiary, when Tom arrived home, his family was packing their belongings to relocate to California so they could endeavor work. The Joad family scrutinized moving to California as their only way to repossess their lives. The Joad family alleviates two passengers along to California on behalf of disease and age, the first passenger is Grandpa…

There has never been a lot of research on american motocross and its history. The sport has been around for a while now and is finally gaining a name for itself. The sport started naturally with a group of just average people riding their motorcycles on a course they designed with maybe a few man made jumps. Motocross really took a step in the direction it is in today when Edison Dye came into the motocross picture. He ran motorcycle touring business in Europe and his travels across the pond…