1996 State of the Union Address: Table of Contents

    Introduction
    The Text
    Summary
    Intro (Paragraphs 1- 9)
    The Deficit (Paragraphs 10-16)
    Family Values (Paragraphs 17-30)
    Education (Paragraphs 31-37)
    Welfare Reform (Paragraphs 38-48)
    Crime/Drug War (Paragraphs 49-58)
    Environment (Paragraphs 59-62)
    Foreign Policy (Paragraphs 63-75)
    Shrinking Government (Paragraphs 76-89)
    Conclusion and Shout-Outs (Paragraphs 90-95)
    Main Idea
    Historical Context
    Timeline
    Key Figures
    Bill Clinton
    Bob Dole
    Newt Gingrich
    Hillary Clinton
    Michael Waldman
    Themes
    Quotes
    Visions of America
    Visions of America Quotes
    Pragmatism
    Pragmatism Quotes
    Politics
    Politics Quotes
    Morality and Ethics
    Morality and Ethics Quotes
    Equality
    Equality Quotes
    Compare and Contrast
    Bob Dole Response
    Ronald Brownstein, Reporter and Political Analyst
    1996 Republican Party Platform
    Ronald Reagan
    Lyndon Johnson's Great Society
    Franklin Delano Roosevelt's New Deal Speech
    Then and Now
    Analysis
    Symbols, Motifs, and Rhetorical Devices
    Exigence
    Enumeration
    Parallelism/Anaphora
    Evidence
    Tricolon
    Metaphor
    Rhetoric
    Structure
    Tone
    Writing Style
    What's Up With the Title?
    What's Up With the Opening Lines?
    What's Up With the Closing Lines?
    Tough-o-Meter
    Shout-Outs
    Trivia
    Questions
    Glossary
    Best of the Web
    Quizzes
    Quotes True or False
    Historical Context True or False
    People
    People True or False
    Politics and Ideology
    Politics and Ideology True or False
    Big Government, Big Ideas
    Big Government, Big Ideas True or False

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