thousand soldiers were killed (American Civil War ). One of the most important battles fought during this war was the battle of Gettysburg; it lasted three days and went down in history as one of the most deadly battles of the war (Battle of Gettysburg ). After this battle‚ the president at the time‚ Abraham Lincoln‚ addressed his people with a speech‚ the Gettysburg Address‚ which still resonates though the people of our country today. Although the speech only roughly lasted two minutes‚ Lincoln used
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partner on the same line. b. Spell your teacher’s name properly. c. After name of the course‚ put the hour in parenthesis. Ex. Oral Comm. (1) d. Title should include writer and name of speech on one line and in boldface. Ex . Abraham Lincoln‚ “Gettysburg Address” e. Double-space throughout f. Font: Cambria‚ 12 point (same font in entire document) 4. Keep the paragraphs in your speech‚ and indent each paragraph. 5. Get rid of extra lines between paragraphs. (This is MLA formatting.) 6. After you have
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Discussion Board 4 Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address and King’s I Have a Dream are two of the most powerful and emotional speeches ever given in American history. Lincoln’s speech delivered against the backdrop of the bloodstained battlefield of fallen brothers and King’s given one hundred years later beneath the watchful eyes of the Lincoln Memorial contain some striking similarities and contrasts. The two speeches both begin with references to important dates in history. Lincoln’s “four score and
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Without Martin Luther King Jr and his bravery and courage‚ the Civil Rights Movement would not have been as successful or have such a tremendous impact on America. In the 1950s and 1960s‚ African Americans were not treated equally and Dr. King led a movement into gaining their civil rights. King contributed to the civil rights movement by organizing nonviolent protests‚ marches‚ sit ins and other significant movements. An important movement was the Montgomery bus boycott‚ which resulted in his home
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can do to improve our school. Heroes are in everyday life‚ whether they stand out or not. For example‚ Abraham Lincoln was a hero. This man lead this country through the Civil War. He fought to end slavery‚ and gave that famous speech ’The Gettysburg Address’. He’s an
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fights breaking out. King uses Ethos‚ Pathos‚ and‚ Logos to make his point to get his idea and dreams across and he gives substantial evidence. Ethos when King begins his speech he uses the same tactic that Abraham Lincoln himself used in the Gettysburg Address he caught their attention by saying “ Five score years ago‚ a great American‚ in whose shadow we stand today‚ signed the emancipation proclamation.” King uses the fact the Abraham Lincoln one of the good presidents we have had was with the idea
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One third of civil war soldiers were immigrants‚ about 1 in 10 were African American. Lincoln’s overall goal was to preserve the union and create equality. Support of his goal was presented in the Gettysburg address in the line‚ “ That we here highly resolve that these dead have not died in vain-that this nation under god‚ shall have a new birth of freedom-and that government of the people‚ by the people‚ for the people‚ shall not perish from the earth.” Lincoln believed in the principle of human
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them a reason to keep fighting‚ he also used it to give a reason behind the war to the citizens. It was a political move on its own. These tactics are still used in the world today‚ such as the war in Iraq and Afghanistan and as far back as the Gettysburg Address. Pericles believed that personal glory was one of the rare things you could have‚ and fighting in the war and giving your life for your city was one of the highest glories you could bestow‚ so therefore he glorified the war not the people
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echoes of the Gettysburg address could be heard as well as the Declaration of Independence and the Bible. It has been called “masterfully delivered and improvised sermon‚ bursting with biblical language and imagery.”The passionate speech is filled with rhetorical devices that help ground into earth King’s demands of racial equality and outcries of social injustice. The second paragraph of the speech starts with “Five score years ago”‚ an allusion to Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg address. This is particularly
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hundred fifty years after the conclusion of a bloody war that decimated America‚ I was selected from a national pool of applicants to be one of a handful of high school students to receive a scholarship to attend the annual Civil War conference at Gettysburg College. With everything from lectures about Chamberlain to a bus tour tracing Robert E. Lee’s final retreat to discussions with renowned historian James McPherson‚ my erudite group was buzzing with excitement upon arrival. Every lecture‚ panel
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