Andrew Amen Professor Johnson History 111 11/9/14 The New South: Optimism vs. Opportunism Henry Grady goes down in Georgia’s hall of fame as one of their greatest and most influential journalists and orators. After graduation from the University of Georgia‚ he went on to his career as general editor and part-owner of the successful newspaper‚ the Atlanta Constitution1. Grady used the Atlanta Constitution as a foundation to convey his political messages. He was a firm Democrat and joined a group
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War came to an end‚ the South experienced an era of changes. One of the most popular speeches‚ explaining how the post-war South had grown out of its old customs and made progress‚ was Henry Grady’s The New South. This document is an important historical speech when comparing examinations of how life was for Southerners in the years following the Reconstruction and the Compromise of 1877. Although this speech is very motivational‚ it differs from the reality of how the South was managing during this
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who supported and took advantage of the convict lease system. The power of the Bourbon Triumvirate began to wane as the ideals of the Populist Party and the New Democrats began to dominate the Democratic Party in 1890‚ as well as‚ the deaths or retirement of the three members. Joseph E. Brown Joseph E. Brown (1821-1894) was born in South Carolina‚ but spent most of his early years in the mountains of North Georgia. He attended Yale Law School and moved back to Georgia where he became a successful
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5: The New South Page Numbers – Textbook (p. 317-373) Coach (p. 110-121) CRCT Prep (94-107) I. Economics of the New South 1. Bourbon Triumvirate Group of three wealthy men (Joseph E. Brown‚ Alfred H. Colquitt‚ John B. Gordon) that led the Georgia Democrats and tried to help the wealthy‚ white citizens of Georgia during the New South. 2. Populist New political party that was formed during the New South; supported farmers and African Americans in the South.
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Patrick Henry‚ a devoted patriot and wise man fulfilled a position in the Virginia convention. After the Intolerable Acts imposed by King George on the colonies‚ Americans suffered an unfair rule‚ where Great Britain took control. In 1775 Patrick Henry introduced a resolution to the Virginia Convention to form the local militia to be prepared to fight the British. In order to gain approvals from his collies‚ Henry employs rhetorical appeals witch help him urge his purpose and take the lead with the
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Reconstruction and The New South Chapter 15 The aftermath of war and emancipation Southern towns and fields ruined‚ many whites stripped of slaves and capital‚ currency worthless‚ and little property. More than 258‚000 confederate soldiers that died in the war constituted 20 percent of the white male population in the region. Mourning of the dead and the old south brought southerners to romanticize the “lost cause” and reinforce many whites to protect what remained of their ruined world
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Patrick Henry’s Speech Analysis In the speech‚ “Give Me Liberty‚ or Give Me Death‚” Patrick Henry set out to convince the VirginaVirginia delegates that war with England was inevitable and the longer they waited the harder the war would be to win. Patrick Henry displays immaculate persuasion skills that disarm his audience from favoring reconciliation with Britain. Henry uses rhetorical strategies‚ such as‚ allusions‚ parallelism‚ and repetition to captivate his audience and appeal to their emotions
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Patrick Henry was a writer during the revolutionary war‚ his speeches helped inspire many to fight and leave from under Britians rule. Like other famous speakers he used rhetoric devices to persuade his audience to join the fight. His tone also played a vital role in delivering his speech because it emphasizes certain sections of his speech. He use words and phrases that made the audience feel that fighting against Britain is the right thing to do. This speech was successful because he had valid
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foundations of the town’s only General Store. On the porch they walk to the old oak rocking chairs‚ and begin to discuss the recent political events and opinions of the well known Thomas Jefferson and Patrick Henry. A: Good Morning Sir B: Good Morning‚ I recently heard the speech made by Patrick Henry‚ have you heard of his glorious propositions? A: Sir‚ I would hardly call his outrageous ideas to go to war with our Motherland glorious. Why fight in a war‚ when instead we could simply separate‚ as
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homosexual males speak is a fairly new notion in the study of sociolinguistics (Podesva‚ 2002) and the fact that gay speech is often parodied in the media makes it an interesting topic to discuss. I will be investigating examples of gay speech in the popular television show South Park and compare the way they portray gay speech to the way gay CNN journalist Anderson Cooper speaks. Anderson Cooper has his own show called Anderson Cooper 360 which I will use to listen to his speech patterns. I want to prove
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