Pudd'nhead Wilson

is said that in many works of literature, past events can affect, positively or negatively, the present actions attitudes, or values of a character. A play in which a character must contend with an aspect from the past is The Piano Lesson by August Wilson. In August Wilson’s The Piano Lesson, Bernice, struggles with her family’s slavery history, which reveals that not everyone’s past can reveal or prove the person they are today. Throughout The Piano Lesson, Bernice is constantly getting into…

control and conquer. America believed that the Latin American nations were not stable enough and corrupt and needed to be regenerated and more maintenanced. Woodrow Wilson proposed the idea of moral diplomacy when he was elected into office in 1913. Moral Diplomacy is when you promote democracy and stay away from imperialism. Wilson wanted to make all governments in the world like the one in America so the people could have control of their government instead of letting empire's rule over…

Born in New York City on October 27, 1858, Theodore Roosevelt was considered as the first modern President in the United States because of his expanded influence and power in the executive office (Miller Center). He had been experiencing his political life since he graduated from Harvard College (Theodore Roosevelt - Biographical). When he was forty-two years old, Teddy Roosevelt became the 26th and youngest man to assume the U.S. presidency from 1901 to 1909 after President William McKinley was…

victorious from World War I, let alone as a world power. President Woodrow Wilson was this leader; his sense of timing and efficient planning in World War I impelled America to become a world power. As almost one in seven Americans were natives from the countries at at war, Wilson thought it be best that the United States remain impartial. After multiple American ships were sunk by Germany and the Zimmermann telegram was made public, Wilson was no longer willing to compromise American lives. He…

The best U.S. President was Theodore Roosevelt. Theodore Roosevelt was born on October 27th, 1858. Theodore (Teddy) Roosevelt did a lot of good things during his presidency that made some people think he was the best U.S. president. One of the first things that Roosevelt did when he first became president, was that he wanted to start construction of the Panama Canal. However, Panama was under Colombian rule at the time. Roosevelt used his Big Stick diplomacy, which was that the Big Stick…

British greatness reaches its peak with Victoria I of England (1819-1901), who ascended the throne in 1837 and ruled the British Empire, restoring stability to the crown. His reign is considered one of the most prosperous of his time, so he came to become a symbol of a period to take his name: (Victorian era) With Queen Victoria in power (1837-1901), the British domination of the known world, reached unprecedented levels. His reign, become emblem of the consolidation of the British Empire,…

In August 1914 war broke out in Europe. Russia, France , Serbia, Belgium, and Great Britain were the Allies. On the other hand Germany, and Austria Hungary were called the central powers. During this world war many battles took place on land, but they also took place at sea. Germany had new weapons at the time called the U-boats, which was an underwater submarine that was able to sneak up on the enemy without being seen. So one year into war on May 1915 a German U-boat sank the British luxury…

The coming of war, declared on 4 August 1914, caught most Australians by surprise even though there had been a climate for war for many years. An expectation had arisen of a clash between Europe’s two major trading nations, Britain and Germany. Australia was in the middle of an election campaign when war came. Both leaders, Joseph Cook, Prime Minister, and Andrew Fisher, leader of the Labor Party, promised Australian support to Britain. Labor won the Federal Election and became an enthusiastic…

“A canal, of about 166 km (103 mi) long, from the Isthmus of Suez and linking the Red Sea and the Gulf of Suez with the Mediterranean Sea,was Built under the supervision of Ferdinand de Lesseps, it was opened in 1869 and came under British control after 1875. The modern canal was planned by the French engineer Ferdinand de Lesseps, who also supervised construction (1859-69). Great Britain, which had opposed the construction of the canal, became the largest shareholder in 1875 by purchasing the…

In the post-#OscarSoWhite shared cinematic universe we call life, 2016 was the perfect designated time for any director, producer, screenwriter, actor, score composer, stunt coordinator, all the way down to the best boy and grip of color to come out swinging and do no less than knock it out of the park in the most artistic sense of the term. And in between the countless comic book adaptations and the latest anthropomorphic romp, some of the most creative and gifted black talents came through…