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What is an American? Harold Ickes

What is an American? Harold Ickes. Cloie Langdon. Background: . Born in Altoona, Pennsylvania on March 15, 1874. Graduated from the University of Chicago, finishing with a B.A. in 1897. He first worked for The Chicago Record and then for the Chicago Tribune.

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What is an American? Harold Ickes

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  1. What is an American?Harold Ickes Cloie Langdon

  2. Background: • Born in Altoona, Pennsylvania on March 15, 1874. • Graduated from the University of Chicago, finishing with a B.A. in 1897. • He first worked for The Chicago Record and then for the Chicago Tribune. • In 1907 obtained a law degree from the University of Chicago but did not use it very often. Instead Ickes, became very active in reform politics. • Harold Ickes served as United States Secretary of the Interior for 13 years. • Ickes was responsible for implementing much of President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s “New Deal”. • Ickes was one of two original members of the Roosevelt cabinet who remained in office for his entire presidency.

  3. Speaker: • Harold Ickes

  4. Occasion: • Harold Ickes’ speech was delivered during the I am an American Day in New York’s Central Park.

  5. Audience: • The Nation • The World

  6. Purpose: • Ickes wanted Americans to realize what it meant to be a free American but also offers a matter-of-fact assessment of the dangerous future the U.S. would be facing alone against Hitler.

  7. Subject: • Many Americans questioned the necessity of U.S. involvement in the war in Europe. • Reassure Americans of the involvement in the war. • “Americans have always known how to fight for their rights and their way of life. Americans are not afraid to fight. They fight joyously in a just cause.”

  8. Tone: • Hopeful • Encouraging • Motivational • Inspirational

  9. Pathos: • Because of the day he chose to deliver his speech, I am an American Day, he appealed to emotions of the American citizens since they already felt prideful of their nation, this made Ickes’ speech even more effective.

  10. Ethos: • Because Harold Ickes served as United States Secretary of the Interior and was in Franklin D. Roosevelt’s cabinet he was very trustworthy, educatedand respected by the American people.

  11. Logos: • Ickes quotes Winston Churchill. • “In the words of Winston Churchill, "Are we downhearted," No, we arc not! But someone is downhearted! Witness the terrified flight of Hess, Hitler's Number Three Man.”

  12. Important Lines: • “What constitutes an American? Not color nor race nor religion. Not the pedigree of his family nor the place of his birth. Not the coincidence of his citizenship. Not his social status nor his bank account. Not his trade nor his profession. An American is one who loves justice and believes in the dignity of man. An American is one who will fight for his freedom and that of his neighbor. An American is one who will sacrifice property, ease and security in order that he and his children may retain the rights of free men. An American is one in whose heart is engraved the immortal second sentence of the Declaration of Independence.”

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