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    North’s victory, the greatest being the Battle of Gettysburg. Three events that impacted the Civil War were the Battle of Gettysburg, the Battle of Vicksburg, and the Battle of Shiloh. Though many events affected the Civil War’s result, the Battle of Gettysburg was the most prominent battle due to all of the lives lost and the essential victory it brought the Union. It was definitely a major turning point in the Civil War. The Battle of Gettysburg began in…

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    speeches. Two of his speeches the Gettysburg Address and the Second Inaugural Address are among his greatest speeches. Lincoln was a magician with his words. He had a precise way of speaking to identify with his audience being inhabitants of the United States. It was not hard…

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    Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address, Franklin Roosevelt’s speech on the attacks at Pearl Harbor, Dwight Eisenhower’s farewell address, John Kennedy’s inaugural address, and John Kennedy’s speech on the Cuban Missile Crisis. First, is Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address. Lincoln was the president from 1861 to 1865 during the Civil…

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    The Battle of Gettysburg The North wanted to end slavery in all states, but the South liked having slaves to work for them. When the North and South could not work things out they broke out into war, the Civil War and divide the country into two sections, the Union and the Confederate. The Civil War was made up of many battles. One of the most famous battles was the Battle of Gettysburg known as the turning point of the civil war (Battle of Gettysburg). The Battle of Gettysburg was a three day…

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    King, Jr., to John F. Kennedy Jr., all of these people helped erase social inequalities that were taking over their generations. First off, a speech that had a definite effect on America is President Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address. Abraham Lincoln’s famous “Gettysburg Address” is one of the most influential speeches in American history. He talked about the Declaration of Independence and how we have to go back to what this country was founded upon. Through that speech, the idea of…

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    The theme presented in the poem by Langston Hughes relates to the verdict handed down to Tom Robinson because it talked about how justice does discriminate and that's exactly what happened to Tom Robinson. There was no solid evidence against Tom Robinson but there was defending him, yet his verdict was still guilty and he ended up dying because of it. This happened simply because of the color of his skin, they discriminated because of his skin which is exactly what the poem is talking about.…

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    that have impacted America or should have been heeded better; Albert Einstein’s “Letter to Franklin Delano Roosevelt,” John F. Kennedy’s “Cuban Missile Crisis Speech,” Dwight D. Eisenhower’s Farewell Address, Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s “Four Freedoms” Speech, and Abraham Lincoln’s “The Gettysburg Address.” In Albert Einstein’s “Letter to Franklin Delano Roosevelt,” he explains the importance of uranium in Germany…

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    Jason Do Analytical Essay Per. 9 Lang. Arts Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was a man who led the Civil Rights Movement by delivering his speech, “I Have A Dream”. President Abraham Lincoln, who wrote and delivered “The Gettysburg Address” during the Civil War, has a purpose similar to King Jr.’s speech. The purpose of these speeches is to give the audience a sense of urgency in their problems. The prominent theme of these speeches was the idea of freedom and equality. This paper will discuss how…

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    I Have A Dream Analysis

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    the speeches “I Have A Dream” and Gettysburg Address convey the same theme which is freedom and equality. The purpose of their writing was to spread freedom and equality.this paper will analyze how the idea of freedom of is articulated in each speech by giving examples to compare with there quotes. “I have a dream” was one of many quotes use by Dr.King to describe the changes he wants in the society. Some examples are when he was talking about his four children being able to hang with black…

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    incidents like the Dred Scott Case and the release of Uncle Tom’s Cabin, Lincoln was elected president right as these controversial scenarios began to erupt. Although civil war was inevitable, Lincoln’s issuance of the Emancipation Proclamation, his Gettysburg address, and his Second Inaugural Speech were masterfully crafted and delivered at pivotal moments in the war and postwar to do the seemingly impossible job of reuniting America and bring the defeated South out…

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