John F Kennedy’s Inaugural Address‚ January 20th 1961: The inaugural address of John F Kennedy was successful because of the various rhetorical devices that he employed throughout the speech. These devices used include contrasts‚ three part lists‚ antithesis‚ alliteration and bold imagery. The devices emphasized the fact that Kennedy was campaigning for better freedom for not only the people of the United States of America‚ but also the people in the neighbouring lands. During the opening
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Whether you like President Barack Obama or not‚ the Stimulus is a very important bill that he passed that saved our country. Very soon after being elected in 2008‚ Barack Obama passed the Recovery Act‚ the main focus of this was to promote renewable energy. One of Obama’s main goals was to double the generation of renewable energy by 2012 (Gillin 1). The Recovery Act is sometimes referred to as the Stimulus package but‚ Obama prefers to call it the Recovery Act because that’s the same as saying
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Being the commander in chief of America‚ Obama is an important figure to the citizens of the country. He is the one in charge and who we turn to when devastating situations like Sandy Hook arise. Obama is the first African American president in the United States who served from 2009 to 2017 (“Barack Obama”). Before that‚ Obama served in the Illinois state senate and the United States Senate (“Barack Obama”). He attended Harvard Law School in 1988 and then became a civil rights attorney and professor
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Despite extreme weather conditions the night before‚ on January 20th‚ 1961‚ John F. Kennedy gave his inaugural speech in Georgetown‚ Washington D.C. after a very close presidential race. JFK addressed a celebration of freedom‚ how the world was had changed‚ the survival and success of liberty‚ countries need to join together and work through differences; the obligation to help those less fortunate‚ even if not American citizens; and doing away with the suppression of slavery. John F. Kennedy
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YEAR AGO this week‚ on 30 June 2010‚ Benigno Simeon Aquino III‚ known as “Noynoy‚” was sworn in as president of the Philippines. He came to power with a sense of destiny derived‚ above all‚ from his parents. His father‚ Benigno “Ninoy” Aquino‚ was gunned down on the tarmac of the Manila airport when he returned to the Philippines in August 1983 to lead the opposition against dictator Ferdinand Marcos. His mother‚ Corazon Cojuangco Aquino‚ became the iconic leader of a Yellow Revolution that captivated
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As president of the United States‚ Abraham Lincoln‚ in his second inauguration speech‚ surprises his audience by not giving a long‚ protracted harangue on politics and states’ rights‚ instead‚ he gives a concise lecture on the evilness of slavery and not charging the south with the entire cause of the war. And through juxtaposition‚ biblical allusion‚ and classical appeals‚ Lincoln articulates his purposes: to urge public amnesty for the south and to reunite the Unites States under one flag. Lincoln
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Abraham Lincoln was a successful lawyer and politician in Illinois before he became president of the United States. He served in the Illinois legislature and in the U.S. House of Representatives from the 1830s to the 1840s. In 1850‚ he declined to run for Congress‚ resuming his practice of the law. However‚ the 1854 passage of the Kansas-Nebraska Act‚ which allowed the Kansas and Nebraska territories to decide whether the states would be open to slavery on the basis of popular sovereignty‚ drew him
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and Protestant. To date‚ only one non-wasp was ever elected President of the United States‚ and he was assassinated from a grassy knoll and his brother who many thought could also be elected was shot before he even had the chance. So what makes Barack Obama‚ a non-white‚ non-Anglo-Saxon‚ and at one point non-protestant‚ think he can become the next President? His ability to overcome cultural obstacles in order to succeed. Barack Obama has all the makings of a cultural melting pot. Born in Hawaii
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The Life of Barack Obama By: Aeja Hinton I will be talking about Barack Obama‚ our first black president of the United States of American. Hardly anyone would have pointed to him and say “He’s going to be president one day”. He came from an unusual background. He had a strange name. But most of all‚ the United States had never had an African American for president. So in that case Obama made HISTORY. Barack Obama was born on August 4‚ 1961‚ in Honolulu‚ Hawaii
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It was a competitive election for Barack Obama and John McCain. This election would determine the fate of many lives during the economic downfall that the United States was facing. In 2008‚ Michelle Obama spoke at the Democratic Convention about her husband Barack Obama. The election was Barack Obama against John McCain. The well known woman wanted to bring attention to how her husband is a strong leader. She uses strategies like pathos through imagery‚ repetition‚ and language to persuade the American
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