I will need to be strong in this area because I plan on being an entrepreneur and will need to influence people. The theory of Rhetoric looks at the persuasion and influence of people‚ and I am going to examine the rhetoric of two presidents: Abraham Lincoln and Barack Obama. These two have addressed some very tough issues and I want to compare the rhetoric used in each of their first inaugural addresses. Aside from myself‚ I believe that Rhetoric is relevant in many ways. From simple conversations
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Abraham Lincoln‚ or as we know him‚ Honest Abe. Lincoln set the pathway to peace and tranquility just by doing what he does best. He uses honesty‚ determination‚ and beliefs to make the Nation a place to remember. We must honor his sacrifices as one of the greatest presidents of all time. Abraham Lincoln exhibited honesty in his youth as well as his adult years. Source A states‚ “whenever he realized he had short changed a customer by a few pennies‚ he would close up shop and deliver the correct
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From Lincoln’s First Inaugural Address March 4‚ 1861 Excerpt #1 Apprehension seems to exist among the people of the Southern States that by the accession of a Republican administration their property and their peace and personal security are to be endangered. There has never been any reasonable cause for such apprehension. Indeed‚ the most ample evidence to the contrary has all the while existed and been open to their inspection. It is found in nearly all the published speeches of him who now addresses
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Historians have traditionally regarded the series of seven debates between Stephen A. Douglas and Abraham Lincoln during the 1858 Illinois state election campaign as among the most significant statements in American political history. Douglas‚ the North’s most prominent Democratic leader‚ faced against Lincoln who represented the Republican. Douglas was seeking reelection to a third term in the U.S. Senate. The debates held in seven Illinois towns and attended by tens of thousands of listeners.
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Since late 1863‚ President Abraham Lincoln had already made plans for the Reconstruction and getting the South back into the Union. With the South in disarray and tensions growing against the North‚ Lincoln knew how to handle the situation. However before the war even ended‚ in 1865 he was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth‚ a loyal Southerner. With the South in cheers for his death‚ they fail to realize that he was their only hope for a better Reconstruction. If he had lived‚ he would had been so
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Abraham Lincoln: Sectional President as Preserver of the Union Before Lincoln became president‚ there was already much sectional tension between the North and the South‚ mostly over slavery. While slavery was illegal in most Northern states‚ it was still the basis of the South’s economy. The main issue was over slavery in the new territories gained through compromises and the Mexican war. At first‚ the Missouri Compromise temporarily solved the problem‚ by making it so that in every territory
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want anyone else to help you lead. Although there is not that many bad leaders‚ but some bad leaders still have followers who still try to pursue his or her message. Although there are bad leaders there are still some very good leaders like Abraham Lincoln‚ or George Washington. Two things both of these had in common was being a very good motivator. George Washington motivated his whole
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Some people may ask the question: “Why was the Battle of Gettysburg considered the turning point of the Civil War?”. People wonder what reasons and evidence there is to prove this idea of the battle. The Battle of Gettysburg in 1863 was a turning point of the Civil War because of how the south got discouraged‚ hardship set in‚ and the union gained momentum overall. One reason the Battle of Gettysburg was a turning point of the Civil War is how the south got discouraged. According to Document A‚ after
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Following the election of Abraham Lincoln in November 1860‚ citizens in the Northern and Southern states faced a decision. Will you join the Union‚ whose goal is to unify the country‚ or the Confederacy‚ which seeks to establish its nation apart from the United States? With everything that comes with selecting either side for the ever-changing future‚ I have chosen to give my life to the Union’s cause. The war was near and after the election‚ it was closer than what we may have deemed it to be. South
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talk about are the Narrative life of Frederick Douglass‚Sullivan Ballou Letter‚ Gettysburg Address. The first story talk about a slave that was free after the civil war. The second story talk about a officer that was i the union army. The last stories talk about a speech that a president told. The civil war redefine what it meant to be an American‚ because it talks about rights that the slaves did not have and how they were treated back then in the civil war. All men were created equal but did
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