Checkers Speech: Table of Contents

    Introduction
    The Text
    Summary
    On the Fund (1-66)
    A Complete Financial History (67-144)
    Nixon on the Attack (145-220)
    Main Idea
    Historical Context
    Timeline
    Key Figures
    Richard Nixon
    Checkers
    Dwight D. Eisenhower
    Thomas E. Dewey
    Harry S. Truman
    Adlai Stevenson
    Themes
    Quotes
    Humility
    Humility Quotes
    Transparency
    Transparency Quotes
    Fear
    Fear Quotes
    Compare and Contrast
    Six Crises, by Richard Nixon
    Safire's Political Dictionary, by William Safire
    FDR's Fala Speech
    George W. Bush and the Beer Contest
    Eliot Spitzer's Resignation from the Governorship of New York
    Bill Clinton and the Lewinsky Scandal
    Then and Now
    Analysis
    Symbols, Motifs, and Rhetorical Devices
    The Rhetorical Question
    Appeal to Poverty
    Appeal to Fear
    Appeal to Emotion
    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
    Tricky Dick at It Again
    Tricky Dick at It Again True or False
    The Ol' Nixon Sucker Punch
    The Ol' Nixon Sucker Punch True or False

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