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American Rhetoric: Richard M. Nixon "The Great Silent Majority"

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the text, audio, and video [31:58] of "The Great Silent Majority," a speech by President Nixon delivered November 3, 1969, concerning the Vietnam War.
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American Rhetoric: John F. Kennedy: "Ich Bin Ein Berliner" (I Am a 'Berliner')

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the text, audio, and video [5:11] of John F. Kennedy's speech "Ich bin ein Berliner" (I am a 'Berliner'] delivered on June 26, 1963, in West Berlin, Germany.
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American Rhetoric: Franklin Delano Roosevelt: "The Great Arsenal of Democracy"

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the text, audio, and video [7:40] of President Franklin D. Roosevelt's speech "The Great Arsenal of Democracy" delivered on December 29, 1940.
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American Rhetoric: Ronald Reagan: Remarks to National Assoc. Of Evangelicals

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the text, audio, and video [30:05] of President Reagan's speech " Evil Empires" at the Annual Convention of the National Association of Evangelicals on March 8, 1983, in Orlando, Florida.
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American Rhetoric: Harry S. Truman: "The Truman Doctrine"

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the text and audio of President Truman's speech "The Truman Doctrine" before a Joint Session of Congress on March 12, 1947, concerning aid to Greece and Turkey.
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American Rhetoric: Jesse Jackson: 1988 Democratic National Convention Address

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the text and video [5:40] of Jesse Jackson's speech at the 1988 Democratic National Convention on July 19, 1988, at the Omni Coliseum in Atlanta, Georgia.
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American Rhetoric: Mary Fisher: 1992 Rnc Address: "A Whisper of Aids"

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the text and audio of Mary Fisher's speech "A Whisper of Aids" presented at the 1992 Republican Convention on August 19, 1992, in Houston, Texas. She discusses the issue of HIV and AIDS and the need to remove the silence about it.
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American Rhetoric: Lyndon Baines Johnson: "The Great Society"

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the text, audio, and video [7:33] of President Lyndon Baines Johnson's speech "The Great Society" delivered on May 22, 1964, in Ann Arbor, Michigan; It outlines his plans for the Great Society.
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American Rhetoric: George C. Marshall: The Marshall Plan

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the text and audio of George C. Marshall's speech "The Marshall Plan," a plan to help Europe recover from the devastation of WW II, delivered on June 5, 1947, at Harvard University.
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American Rhetoric: Eleanor Roosevelt: The Struggle for Human Rights

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the text of Eleanor Roosevelt's speech "The Struggle for Human Rights," on the preservation of human freedom delivered on September 28, 1948, in Paris, France.
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American Rhetoric: Carrie Chapman Catt: "The Crisis"

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the text of Carrie Chapman Catt's speech "The Crisis" on the topic of Woman's Suffrage delivered on September 7, 1916, in Atlanta, Georgia.
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American Rhetoric: Newton N. Minow: "Television and the Public Interest"

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the text and audio of the speech "Television and the Public Interest" by Newton N. Minow, from the Federal Communications Commission, delivered on May 9, 1961, at National Association of Broadcasters in Washington, DC.
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American Rhetoric: Richard M. Nixon: Cambodian Incursion Address

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the text, audio. and video [21:54] of President Nixon's speech explaining the conditions in Vietnam and the need to remove the enemy sanctuaries along the border of Vietnam and Cambodia. It was delivered on April 30, 1970, from...
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American Rhetoric: Lyndon Baines Johnson: On Vietnam and Not Seeking Reelection

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the text, audio, and video [2:52] of President Lyndon Johnson's speech concerning the Vietnam War and his not seeking re-election.
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American Rhetoric: William Jennings Bryan: Imperialism (Flag of an Empire)

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the text and audio of William Jennings Bryan's speech "Imperialism" (Flag of an Empire) delivered on August 8, 1900, in Indianapolis, Indiana.
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American Rhetoric: Theodore Roosevelt: "The Man With the Muck Rake"

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the text of Theodore Roosevelt's "The Man with the Muck-rake" speech on April 14, 1906.
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American Rhetoric: Emma Goldman: Address to the Jury

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the text of Emma Goldman's address to the jury at her trial and that of Alexander Berkman on July 9, 1917, in New York.
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American Rhetoric: Woodrow Wilson: First Inaugural Address

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the text of President Woodrow Wilson's First Inaugural Address delivered on April 4, 1913.
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American Rhetoric: Ronald Reagan: First Inaugural Address

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the text and audio of President Reagan taking the oath of office and his first Inaugural Address on January 20, 1981.
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American Rhetoric: Woodrow Wilson: "The Fourteen Points"

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the text for Wilson's "The Fourteen Points," a statement of principles for world peace to be used in the negotiations for the end of WWI, delivered on January 8, 1918.
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Gilder Lehrman Institute: History Now: Lincoln at Cooper Union

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] An essay about Lincoln's speech in 1860 at Cooper Union which brought him to the attention of the national Republican Party.
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American Rhetoric: Hillary Rodham Clinton: u.n. 4th World Conference on Women

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the text, audio, and video [19:35] of Hillary Rodham Clinton's address to the United Nations Fourth World Conference on Women on September 5, 1995, Beijing, China.
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American Rhetoric: Anita Hill: Senate Judiciary Testimony on Clarence Thomas

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the text, audio, and video [1:44] of Anita Hill's testimony on Clarence Thomas in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee on October 11, 1991.
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American Rhetoric: John F. Kennedy: Inaugural Address

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the text, audio, and video [4:31] of President John F. Kennedy's first Inaugural Address on January 20, 1961.

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