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    devices used in the speech Tecumseh gave to the Osages. Two types of rhetorical devices Techumseh used in his speech were, Anaphora and Tricolon. Anaphora is the repetition of a word or phrase at the start of successive clauses and a Tricolon is three or more words or phrases of the same length within a sentence (Gilmore, Barry). Tecumseh used an anaphora in paragraph 15 when he stated, “We must be united; we must smoke the same pipe; we must fight each other’s battles” (Tecumseh). By stating this, Techumseh

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    Chief Seattle and Chief Tecumseh In both of the speeches, there were many similarities and differences, but the speeches are different in structure and tone. In the speech of Chief Seattle his rhetorical strategy that he mostly uses is his character, and his emotions to attract his audience. For instance, Chief Joseph tries to point out to General Howard, and the white men that if “He leaves his fathers graves, and his children's birthright is forgotten” (L. 4-5). The chief is saying that white

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    Sir Isaac Brock and Tecumseh may have had a strong alliance but together could not find a way to defeat the freedom-loving American people or it’s president, James Madison. These three men all had powerful leadership roles and largely affected the War of 1812 and changed the future of North America. Tecumseh, the Shawnee war chief, James Madison, the United States President, and Sir Isaac Brock, the British commander of Canada, all had dreams for the future, and the War of 1812 would determine which

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    This investigation will answer the question, how significant was William Tecumseh Sherman’s march to the sea to the unions win of the war? This question is important because William Tecumseh Sherman’s march to the sea campaign was a major turning point in the civil war because of how cruel the total war tactic was. The scope of this investigation focuses on how successful William Tecumseh Sherman’s “march to the sea” campaign was. One of the most colorful characters of the Civil War was a General

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    end the Civil War, the Union and Confederacy needed strong leaders. These leaders were William Tecumseh Sherman, Philip Sheridan, Robert E. Lee, Abraham Lincoln, and Ulysses S. Grant. Their successes and failures helped lead to the Union victory. William Tecumseh Sherman and Philip Sheridan were friends of and generals under Ulysses S. Grant whom helped wreck total war to end the Civil War. William Tecumseh Sherman helped Grant introduce the idea and carried it out in Georgia. He and his men captured

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    is what a twisted hero is defined as to me, a twisted hero leaves only the outstanding results, but takes out any chance of it being done righteously. These twisted heroes can be found in the cases of Om a Sokdae and the fifth grade class, William Tecumseh Sherman with his “total war” tactics, and my teacher in fourth grade with her cruel punishments. When examining why Om Sokdae, the class monitor, is the twisted hero of the fifth grade class, it is important to realize the achievements the class

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    point. The Tecumseh Historical Society has an extensive amount of information on the Hayden family. Because of the amount of information I will have to then sort out the information that would not be useful toward my project, and then focus on the information that will enrich the project. The Historical Society may also have contact information to reach descendants of the Hayden family who might be willing to set up a time to perform an interview. For this project, I believe the Tecumseh Historical

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    people for generations to come? How would the War of 1812 have resulted differently if Tecumseh had survived the Battle of Thames River? Perhaps it would have affected the unity of Native American tribes? With Tecumseh as leader, the Native Americans would have someone to unite them. After his death, the work that Tecumseh did to unite the Native Americans tribes was not continued (Unit 6 History). If Tecumseh had survived, would the Native Americans have been able to keep the Ohio River Valley from

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    William T. Sherman SHERMAN, William Tecumseh (1820-91). Ranked second only to General Ulysses S. Grant as the greatest Northern commander in the American Civil War, Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman was a master of modern warfare. Like Grant, Sherman was born in Ohio when it was a frontier state. He was named Tecumseh for the Shawnee Indian chief who had terrorized that region a few years earlier. Sherman was born on Feb. 8, 1820, in Lancaster, Ohio. His father died when he was 9 years old. Most

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    history humans looked past the horrors of war and misleadingly saw it as a glorious manner. This glorious view on war went unchallenged for centuries when finally the general William Tecumseh Sherman spoke out about the horrors of war and famously quoted that “war is hell”. In All Quiet On The Western Front William Tecumseh Sherman’s words can been seen in Remarque’s portrayal of the First World War by making display of the close similarities that war and hell have. Remarque exposes how truly horrendous

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