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Bartleby

Bartleby.com: bartleby.com: Presidential Inaugural Address: James Madison: First

For Students 9th - 10th
Review the text of the speech given by James Madison on March 4, 1809, at his first inauguration.
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Bartleby

Bartleby.com: bartleby.com: Presidential Inaugural Address: Thos. Jefferson: 2nd

For Students 9th - 10th
Review the text of the speech given by Thomas Jefferson on March 4, 1805, at his second inauguration.
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Bartleby

Bartleby.com: bartleby.com: Presidential Inaugural Address: Thos. Jefferson: 1st

For Students 9th - 10th
Review the text of the speech given by Thomas Jefferson on March 4, 1801, at his first inauguration.
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Bartleby

Bartleby.com: bartleby.com: Presidential Inaugural Address: George W. Bush: 1st

For Students 9th - 10th
Read a transcript of the address given by George W. Bush on January 20, 2001, at his first inauguration.
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Bartleby

Bartleby.com: bartleby.com: Presidential Inaugural Address: Theodore Roosevelt

For Students 9th - 10th
Read a transcript of Theodore Roosevelt's inaugural address given on March 4, 1905. Includes a short introduction.
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Bartleby

Bartleby.com: bartleby.com: Presidential Inaugural Address: Benjamin Harrison

For Students 9th - 10th
Read a transcript of the speech given by Benjamin Harrison at his inauguration on March 4, 1889.
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Bartleby

Bartleby.com: bartleby.com: Presidential Inaugural Address: Grover Cleveland 1st

For Students 9th - 10th
Read the text of the speech given by Grover Cleveland at his first inauguration on March 4, 1885.
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Bartleby

Bartleby.com: bartleby.com: Presidential Inaugural Address: James Buchanan

For Students 9th - 10th
Read a transcript of the speech given by James Buchanan at his inauguration on March 4, 1857.
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Bartleby

Bartleby.com: bartleby.com: Presidential Inaugural Address: James Knox Polk

For Students 9th - 10th
Read the text of the speech given by James K. Polk at his inauguration on March 4, 1845.
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Bartleby

Bartleby.com: bartleby.com: Presidential Inaugural Address: Martin Van Buren

For Students 9th - 10th
Read a transcript of Martin Van Buren's inaugural address given on March 4, 1837.
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Bartleby

Bartleby.com: bartleby.com: Presidential Inaugural Address: Andrew Jackson: 2nd

For Students 9th - 10th
Review the text of Andrew Jackson's second inaugural address given on March 4, 1833.
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Bartleby

Bartleby.com: bartleby.com: Presidential Inaugural Address: Geo. Washington: 2nd

For Students 9th - 10th
Read a transcript of George Washington's second inaugural address given on March 4, 1793.
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Bartleby

Bartleby.com: bartleby.com: Presidential Inaugural Address: John F. Kennedy

For Students 9th - 10th
Follow this link to a transcript of John F. Kennedy's inaugural address given on January 20, 1961.
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National Endowment for the Humanities

Neh: Edsit Ement: Lincoln's First Inaugural Address

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
These lesson plans help students evaluate Abraham Lincoln's actions during his presidency. Related links assist students in this evaluation.
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American Primary Sources Challenge: Jefferson Davis' Inaugural Speech

For Students 9th - 10th
A concise biography of Jefferson Davis' including details of his election as President of the Confederacy.
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US National Archives

Nara: The Clinton Inaugurations

For Students 9th - 10th
This National Archive and Records Administration site details the day Clinton and Gore were sworn into office. Includes pictures and captions; however, some pictures have been removed from the site.
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Bartleby

Bartleby.com: bartleby.com: Presidential Inaugural Address: Grover Cleveland 2nd

For Students 9th - 10th
Includes the full text of President Cleveland's second inaugural address with a brief introduction included.
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Curated OER

National Park Service: Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural

For Students 9th - 10th
Follow day by day the unfolding of events that brought Theodore Roosevelt to the presidency upon the death of William McKinley in 1901.
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Other

Abraham Lincoln Online: Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address

For Students 9th - 10th
The text of Lincoln's speech on March 4, 1865. Includes commentary on the speech by famous journalists of the period. From "Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln" edited by Roy P. Basler.
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Library of Congress

Loc: Obama Takes Oath on Lincoln Bible

For Students 9th - 10th
The small velvet covered Lincoln inaugural Bible served as the swearing-in Bible for Obama. Read about the history of this cherished book.
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The White House

The White House: Photo Gallery: Celebrating President's Day

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a slideshow of important moments in the history of the American presidency. Includes photographs of presidential inaugurations, candid images of presidents and copies of inauguration day speeches.
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Other

Abraham Lincoln's Classroom

For Students 9th - 10th
The Lincoln Institute takes an in-depth look into the first inauguration of Abraham Lincoln. Details the climate on inauguration day, the location of Lincoln before, during and after the inauguration. Cites first hand accounts from those...
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BBC

Bbc News: Historic Moment as Obama Sworn In

For Students 9th - 10th
The swearing in of Barack Obama as President of the United States is covered through photos, videos, his inaugural speech, and supplemental stories and views. [20 January 2009]
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University of Groningen

American History: Presidents: John Adams

For Students 9th - 10th
Read the inaugural address of John Adams and his speech to the Congress concerning the XYZ Affair. Be sure to read his State of the Nation Address in 1800, the first delivered in Washington, D.C., the new capital.

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