Franklin D. Roosevelt and John F. Kennedy both had significant speeches‚ they were similar but also completely different. Both Roosevelt’s “Four Freedoms” speech and Kennedy’s inaugural address both talk about freedom. However‚ Roosevelt’s speech talks more about World War Two and defending liberty. Whereas Kennedy’s speech talks more about the threat of nuclear power. In FDR speech in 1941 it was his 8th State of the Union address. During the the particular State of The Union‚ tensions with World
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inspired Eleanor Roosevelt to apply for a pilot license. Well she also took Eleanor on a trip from D.C. to Baltimore in 1933. As Eleanor Roosevelt once said “Yesterday is history ‚ tomorrow is a mystery and today is a gift ‚ that is why it is called the present.” Eleanor Roosevelt was born on October 11‚ 1884 in New York City. Her birth name was Anna Eleanor Roosevelt but because her mother’s name was also Anna they called her Eleanor. Her father’s name was Elliott Roosevelt and he was a smart
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Benjamin Franklin was born on January 17‚ 1706 in Boston‚ Massachusetts. Benjamin was tenth of seventeen brothers and sisters. His parents name are Josiah and Abiah Franklin. Growing up Benjamin family could not afford to attend school. With the struggle of getting an education‚ Ben still became well known in society. Ben accomplish many great thing such as the Declaration of Independence‚ the U.S. Constitution‚ and he negotiated the 1783 Treaty of Paris that ended the Revolutionary War. He also
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issues as skeletons in the closet only adds to civilians unrest. America does best under the presidency of a leader who not only acknowledges these issues in the country but also takes action to solve the problems. One such leader was Franklin Delano Roosevelt‚ a strong president who dug America out of economic crisis while holding the hands of the its people.
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"Ballad of Roosevelt" and "Ballad of Landlord" embody the outcry from the downtrodden African-American community during the Great Depression. "Ballad of Roosevelt" shows how poor the majority could be‚ and the basic needs that they were forced to go without while awaiting public aid that never seemed to come. In "Ballad of Landlord" the narrator opens by asking for better living conditions‚ and ends up serving a term in the County Jail. The unfortunate truth in "Ballad of Roosevelt" is that the
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have envisioned service in the Senate as providing an opportunity for political courage." (p. 23.). This statement from hi defines that the creating of our government has given an opportunity for people brave enough to express political courage. Herbert Brownell was a Nebraskan born that went on to be the attorney general for the United States of America for four years‚ and he is an example of political courage. Before he was the U.S. attorney general he was a lawyer. He got his degree for from
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Open Book‚ painted by Pinkney Herbert in 2006‚ is an oil on canvas creation that uses a contrast of black lines and white spaces. When viewing the seventy-eight by sixty-eight-inch canvas‚ viewers gravitate to the emphasis of the dark‚ rectangular shape in the middle of the right side. This rectangular shape is probably the soul or meaning of what is inside the opened book. The thick black lines ripple out from behind the black rectangle to unite the idea of an “open book” and its pages. Without
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college tour group and smile at that Button‚ thinking of the memories it holds and the new ones it will help create. I turn to the statue of Benjamin Franklin and look around at the institution he created. It’s then that I make a decision several years in the making. I’m going to be Benjamin Franklin. Sound crazy? Let me explain. Ben Franklin was a combination
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Harry Walker 10/14/14 Mrs. Torres English III Honors Period 3 Ben Franklin Autobiography B) Franklin’s goal was to seek moral perfection‚ this helped him come in contact with success‚ although he did have many failures. In Franklin’s journey to reach perfection he ended up fixing many problems. “While my care was employed in guarding against one fault‚ I was often surprised by another.” Every time he fixed a problem a new one would occur. This made him relies human perfection is not possible
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Depression which hit America in the 1930s (Jones et al. 533). Many Americans lost their jobs and wages were devastatingly low which caused many American families to live on the streets (Marcus‚ Giggie and Burner 186). However‚ the election of Franklin Roosevelt during the Great Depression brought about some desirable changes as a result of the implementation of his New Deal legislation which helped stabilize the economy eventually (Jones et al. 452). Unfortunately‚ the New Deal did not bring America
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