Colombian Conservative Party

Decent Essays
Improved Essays
Superior Essays
Great Essays
Brilliant Essays
    Page 42 of 50 - About 500 Essays
  • Improved Essays

    February 11, 1812. His parents died while he was fourteen, so he went to live with his uncle General Aaron Greer. He then graduated from Franklin University now known as Georgia University and went on to become politician starting his career in Whig party. Alexander cornerstone speech was followed by the secession of the state of Georgia form the Union. The cornerstone speech marks one of the reason for secession. During the time he gave “Cornerstone Speech” he was Vice president of the…

    • 937 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Superior Essays

    Ronald Reagan begins his historical speech with - ironically - a history, mentioning how he is continuing a presidential tradition of speaking in beautiful Berlin. Very quickly he mentions his motivation for speaking: freedom. To the citizens of Eastern Europe, he gives a special message saying that the city of Berlin should not be divided. The Berlin Wall behind Ronald Reagan at the time of his speech is a glaring symbol of the lack of freedom in Berlin. He goes on to explain that forty years…

    • 1658 Words
    • 7 Pages
    Superior Essays
  • Improved Essays

    Campaign propaganda is a way to promote a candidate into office. Different ways of propaganda are endorsements, glittering generalities, image molding, bandwagon, stacked cards, name calling, plain folks, and more. Many candidates use these different ways of propaganda. Most win by the use of their propaganda. In 1984, the two candidates running for vice president were Walter Mondale, and Geraldine Ferraro. The two used buttons to promote themselves so they could win. These buttons were a type…

    • 724 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Superior Essays

    John F Kennedy or better known as JFK by his initials was the 35th president of the United States. John F Kennedy served in office from January 1961 to November 1963. During his tenure, he had accomplished many things including the Making of the peace corps. He was the youngest man to become the president of the united states. When becoming president, JFK had one of the best Inaugural Address’s in modern history. His Inaugural Address is simply one of the best just cause of the fact that he…

    • 1783 Words
    • 8 Pages
    Superior Essays
  • Great Essays

    The Clutter family was a well-respected family that lived on a large ranch in Holcomb, Kansas. The head of the family, Herbert William Clutter, and his bedridden wife, Bonnie Clutter, had four children, two of which (Nancy and Kenyon) were still residing in their home (Capote, 1966). Unfortunately, the four were murdered during a break in on November 15, 1959 (Capote, 1966). The killers, Perry Smith and Richard Hickock, drove 400 miles to the Clutter house with the goal of breaking in and…

    • 1675 Words
    • 7 Pages
    Great Essays
  • Improved Essays

    In his inaugural address, John F. Kennedy addresses the American Public about the potential that the future of America can hold- if they strive to achieve it. Throughout his address, he refers a number of times to the belief that the people should be helping the government, not relying on the government to help them. Kennedy established his belief in this philosophy through the strong figurative language and rhetorical strategies he employed throughout his speech. Moreover. he assured the…

    • 1103 Words
    • 5 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    Edmund Burke confronts the British Parliament as to how they should confront the newfound colonies: with profound reconciliation . Burke tries to put all of his good intent into a speech to try to mediate an understanding so there would be no further negative confrontation between New England and its branches. Burke is aware of his privileges held, therefore, he is doing everything in his dominion to better the society. Although not implicitly stated, it can be read throughout the text that…

    • 816 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    The Driskill Hotel

    • 758 Words
    • 4 Pages

    The Driskill Hotel is one of the most haunted buildings in Austin and one of the most haunted hotels in Texas; some believe that the reason 23 different owners have held the deed is because of how horrifying the hotel may seem. Colonel Jesse Driskill was a wealthy businessman who made his fortune selling longhorns. In 1885, he decided to change careers and construct the top-notch hotel in his favorite city, Austin, Texas. Driskill was forced to close the hotel in May 1887. According to family,…

    • 758 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    Around the globe, people from different backgrounds take action into creating justice according to their faith or personal beliefs. In present times, many environmental issues are being brought to light. Pope Francis, President Obama, Leonardo DiCaprio and many other famous figures have made their statement into addressing such environmental issues. According to Dr. Dieter Hessel, director of the ecumenical Program on Ecology, Justice and Faith with Yale and Harvard; identifies that “the vision…

    • 1059 Words
    • 5 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Superior Essays

    Hitler was a man of great destruction, he thought it was his duty to completely delete the Jewish culture from the entire Earth. He believed that he was very misinterpreted and misunderstood. Adolf Hitler was one of the deadliest tyrants of our history and we do not want to have the destruction that had occurred during his reign. Adolf Hitler was born April 20th 1889 in Branau am Inn, a small town in present day Austria, he was born to Alois and Klara Hitler and the fourth of six children.…

    • 1080 Words
    • 5 Pages
    Superior Essays
  • Page 1 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 50