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What should be done in the next four years? This is the main question that is brought up in President Lincoln’s second Inaugural Address. He was able to use the rhetorical strategies of the facts, emotions, and his credibility to achieve his purpose of making the United States of America better than it was with more unity. Lincoln first decided to talk about the progress. “The progress of our arms...is… reasonable satisfactory and encouraging to all.” Here he explains how well the ability to…

Abraham Lincoln was the 16th president. He was president from 1861 - 1865. He helped free many black slaves and supported freeing black slaves for most of his life. Abraham Lincoln was born in Hodgenville Kentucky on February 12, 1809. His biological parents were Thomas Lincoln and Nancy Hanks Lincoln. On October 5, 1809 Abraham’s mother died. He was very upset about his mother's death. Barely a year after Nancy’s death, Thomas remarried. Sarah Bush Johnston became Abraham’s step-mother. Sarah…

The “Petition to the President” was an appeal to the government, but more importantly directed towards President Truman suggesting that there are other options versus a direct attack on Japan. The cosigners, team of 67 scientists responsible for the creation of the atomic bomb wanted to inform Truman the destructive power and grave consequences that could lead if the atomic weapon is used. The scientist would argue that Truman should offer Japan surrendering terms, not destruction and loss of…

To juxtapose two great men is to ultimately claim that one is greater than the other and to assert that the other is lesser than his opponent. However, when drawing up a comparison of the two most important, influential, and adored American Presidents, as determined by historians and the American populus alike, one cannot claim that either is the lesser of the other, for they had far too great an impact upon the history books to ever be indicted as inferior by any means. To compare Ronald Reagan…

2015 Joe Biden, the vice president of the United States, abdicated his right of ascension to the presidential throne, having been bequeathed this rightful place as the Democratic nominee as Obama is forced to relinquish his office as President. This action thrusts the Democratic party into a freeze in an effort to identify the most qualified prospects. While each is lifetime politicians, Bernie Sanders found favor with the younger generation, Hillary Clinton’s political foundation became the…

combat the fear amongst the American population, President George W. Bush spoke to the nation on live television the same night of the…

President Obama’s 2008 Inauguration Speech The inauguration speech by President Barrack Obama was just as memorable as the fact that he was the first past of African-American heritage to hold the position of commander in chief of the US. The president’s use of rhetoric as well as his eloquence and background both ethnically and socially created a rich mix that further cemented the legendary status in the speech he made that night in 2008. Specifically, it addressed the new president’s…

Corruption became unbelievably common during the post civil war years due to the railroads, meddling with stock prices, and through corrupt judges. President Grant played a large role in the “Era of Good Stealings.” Both him and his people caused a lot of corruption. One of the first large incidents that really made him look bad even thought Grant himself wasn’t involved, was the credit Mobillier Scandal. This was when the company was constructing the Trans-Continental railroad and sub-hired…

the most disastrous terrorist attack ever seen by this nation occurred in New York City and Washington D.C. Thousands of lives were lost too soon and millions of hearts were broken. President George W. Bush consoled the nation with his speech from the oval office on the day of the attacks. In his speech, President Bush uses emotional words to convey a sense of peace to the people, he leaves an impact on the nation for years to come, and he intersects with the meaning of Franklin Roosevelt 's…

As president, Nixon was more progressive than many might give him credit for. He pushed for renewal by Congress of Johnson’s Voting Rights Act of 1965 in 1970. Additionally, the Nixon administration established biracial committees to desegregate schools in the southern states completely, and also created a Presidential Task Force on Women’s Rights in order to help end discrimination on the basis of sex. Nixon created the Environmental Protection Agency in 1973, which continues to propose new…