1. The 10 Most Important Speeches in American History Karin Wefald

2. “ Farewell Address” -George Washington (1796)

3. “ Address: First Women’s-Rights Convention” -Elizabeth Cady Stanton (1848)

4. “ The Gettysburg Address” -Abraham Lincoln (1863)

5. “ Cross of Gold” -William Jennings Bryan (1896)

6. “ The Man With the Muck Rake” - Theodore Roosevelt (1906)

7. “ First Inaugural Address” -Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1933)

8. “ The Truman Doctrine” -Harry S. Truman (1947)

9. “ Speech on Communists in the State Department” -Joseph McCarthy (1950)

10. “ Inaugural Address” -John F Kennedy (1961)

11. “ I Have A Dream” - Martin Luther King Jr. (1963)