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  2. Hyphenated American - Wikipedia

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    In the United States, the term hyphenated American refers to the use of a hyphen (in some styles of writing) between the name of an ethnicity and the word American in compound nouns, e.g., as in Irish-American. Calling a person a "hyphenated American" was used as an insult alleging divided political or national loyalties, especially in times of ...

  3. Des Moines speech - Wikipedia

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    Des Moines speech The Burlington Daily Hawk Eye Gazette reporting on the speech, September 12, 1941 Date September 11, 1941 (1941-09-11) Duration 25 minutes Venue Des Moines Coliseum Location Des Moines, Iowa, U.S. Participants Charles Lindbergh The Des Moines speech, formally titled "Who Are the War Agitators?", was an isolationist and antisemitic speech that American aviator Charles ...

  4. File:Teddy Roosevelt video montage.ogv - Wikipedia

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    Teddy_Roosevelt_video_montage.ogv (Ogg multiplexed audio/video file, Theora/Vorbis, length 35 s, 480 × 360 pixels, 1.58 Mbps overall, file size: 6.5 MB) This is a file from the Wikimedia Commons . Information from its description page there is shown below.

  5. Talk:Hyphenated American - Wikipedia

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    Is it talking about an objection to the use of 'hyphen' (-) as in 'F00-American' vs 'F00 American' or is this talking about a political objection to the use of ethnic identifications of any kind with or without 'hyphens'. In any case, the section is very poorly written and needs help. Thanks Hmains 05:34, 31 May 2006 (UTC)

  6. Hyphenated ethnicity - Wikipedia

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    The term is an extension of the term "hyphenated American". The term refers to the use of a hyphen between the name of an ethnicity and the name of the country in compound nouns : Irish-American , etc., although modern English language style guides recommend dropping the hyphen: "Irish American".

  7. 1936 Madison Square Garden speech - Wikipedia

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    The 1936 Madison Square Garden speech was a speech given by U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt on October 31, 1936, three days before that year's presidential election.In the speech, Roosevelt pledged to continue the New Deal and criticized those who, in his view, were putting personal gain and politics over national economic recovery from the Great Depression.

  8. 1940 State of the Union Address - Wikipedia

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    The 1940 State of the Union Address was given by the 32nd president of the United States, Franklin D. Roosevelt, on Wednesday, January 3, 1940, to both houses of 76th United States Congress. It was given after World War II had begun, but before the fall of France, and about a year before the United States entered the war.. He said, "You are ...

  9. 1936 State of the Union Address - Wikipedia

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    This was the first State of the Union Address to be held in the evening. [1] Roosevelt made a last-minute decision to move the speech to the evening in order to reach the largest possible radio audience. [1] In the speech, Roosevelt discussed what he felt were the accomplishments of his administration and the New Deal up to that point. [1]