Analysis Of Jfk's Inaugural Address

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Although as we look back we can tell they’re different, this is do to the fact that they’re different people, and the times are very different. For instance, Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address happens in a time the American Civil War had about come to an end. and The slaves were beginning to be free, and America was a bit at hardship. Although, JFK’s Inaugural Address happens years and years later after America’s Civil War, but the nation holds a struggle for men being criticized, and being treated unfairly. There is also the factor America is going to war in Vietnam, so it would make sense that they’d both be talking about war and how it’s bad. The difference though is that JFK doesn’t talk about America being together as a nation, but the

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