Patrick Henry

Henry Ford: An Influential Figure From the days of Leonardo Da Vinci until the days of Karl Benz, many cars models were introduced. Steam, electric, and gasoline models were invented. No one knows to whom exactly lays the credit of inventing the automobile, but on the other hand, no one doesn’t know the Ford Model T car.When “the time production ceased for the Model T in 1927, more than 15 million cars had been sold --or half the world's output” (Lacocca, 1998). All this industrial glory…

Over 100 Years of Oldsmobile Classic Cars Oldsmobile Cut from the General Motors Team When General Motors cut Oldsmobile from the team in 2004, it was the first sign the opening decade to the new millennium would change America's largest car company forever. Unfortunately, for fans of GM cars the closure of Oldsmobile would be followed by the [death of the Pontiac Motor Division] just six years later. It's not easy to shut down a brand that helped start your company and built quality cars for…

American muscle meets Italian beauty: an all-time-great combination. Ford wanted a mid-engined sports car to sell in its Mercury showrooms and the De Tomaso Pantera was the result of a partnership between Henry Ford and Alejandro de Tomaso, an Argentinian small-time producer of exotic sports and racing cars. Ford engineers took a look at the Mangusta, De Tomaso’s previous offering, and thought its backbone chassis was too weak. So Detroit-born car designer Tom Tjaarda, who had just started…

This is the time I realized Chevy is the best truck out there. In many ways this is true. For instance, the look, the power, and the comfort. I like Chevrolet trucks for many reasons but I really enjoy the design of the truck. Which design aspects you may ask? Well, I like the ride height of the truck, it has a nice ground clearance where it looks good but also is still effective. Another is the comfort of the vehicle. When you sit in a Chevy truck it’s like you’re at home in your lazy-boy,…

Biddle was known to be more a strict businessman than a politician. Nicholas had turned to members of Congress, including the very powerful Kentucky Senator Henry Clay and leading businessmen sympathetic to the bank, to fight against Jackson, proving that his thoughts was the correct way to handle the situation. Because of the way he underrated the power of a strong and popular President, his actions showed…

In the novel, The Grapes of Wrath, there are three main types of people that are encountered on the Joad’s journey. There are people that help them, hurt them, or ignore them. Examples that will be given show each individual trait and whether their action can be justified or not. Being forced out of one's home isn’t something happy to look upon. At the beginning of the book, when the author introduces the Joad family, the reader instantly learns that they are being evicted from their homeland.…

The primary source that I decided to read about and study was “Vasco da Gama: Round Africa to India”. In the Western Civilization course, we were taught about the different explorations that many men were apart of in order to explore and create relations with other countries in the world. Vasco da Gama was in charge of leading a Portuguese exploration to sail from Portugal to around the tip of Africa and to India. His task was to find a route that could lead to open up European enterprises for…

Who was Henry Ford? Henry was born in 1868, on July 30th in Dearborn, Michigan. When Henry was young he took an interest in how full sized steam engines worked. Mr. Ford was so intrigued by machines, in 1879 he left his home to pursue jobs that would give him the opportunity to learn more about these machines. He was married in 1888 to a Clara Bryant. Around 1896 he had become the chief engineer of the Illuminating Company in Detroit. But Henry had other hope in dreams he set out to be one…

In 12 Angry Men by Reginald Rose, the author is able to maintain doubt as to the defendant’s guilt or innocence by never sharing definitive proof of the boy’s innocence. Instead, Rose creates characters that force the reader to question their reasonings. Without controversy and opposing sides, there would be no purpose to the play. Throughout the play, doubt is evident as to the defendant’s guilt due to Juror 8’s lone vote, Juror 3’s strong personal opinions, and the gradual change in views as…

Jamie Arnone Prof. Sharib History of Vietnam April 29th, 2015 The Watergate Scandal The Watergate scandal was arguably one of the worst scandals that occurred within the American Government that ultimately brought down the Nixon presidency. The scandal involved the break-in of the Democratic Party Headquarters, the cover-up of the break-in, and other scandals that the investigation ultimately revealed. It was the worst scandal in American history due to the fact that it was an attempt to…