Student-Generated Charts
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George Washington’s Farewell Address 1796 (total word count 6,091; pages 20). These words appear:
| Nation: 48 | Power: 17 | Constitution: 9 | Duty: 7 | Strength: 4 |
| Government: 38 | Foreign: 15 | Patriot: 9 | Friend: 6 | Trust: 3 |
| Interest: 23 | Liberty: 15 | Peace: 9 | The people: 6 | Election: 3 |
| Country: 21 | Free: 11 | Citizen: 8 | Respect: 5 | Individual: 3 |
| Public: 20 | Just: 15 | Serve: 8 | Patriotism: 4 | Collective: 1 |
James Monroe's Doctrine (total word count 959; pages 2). These words appear:
| Power: 13 | Interest: 5 | Independent: 2 | Just: 2 |
| Government: 12 | Friend: 5 | Nation: 2 | Citizen: 2 |
| United States: 9 | War: 4 | Peace: 2 | Trust: 2 |
| Europe: 6 | Respect: 3 | Defense: 2 | The people: 1 |
Dwight Eisenhower's speech on the military-industrial complex (total word count 1,863; pages 6). These words appear:
| Nation: 17 | Citizen: 4 | Liberty: 3 | Trust: 2 |
| Peace: 11 | Power: 4 | Public: 3 | Strength: 2 |
| Military: 9 | Complex: 3 | Democracy: 3 | Individual: 1 |
| Government: 7 | Country: 3 | Respect: 3 | Serve: 1 |
| Free: 7 | Industrial: 3 | Political: 2 | The People: 1 |
Nikita Khrushchev's Secret Speech (total word count 23,694; pages 87). These words appear:
| Party: 319 | Cult: 52 | Public: 15 | Collective: 12 | Foreign: 7 |
| Stalin: 277 | Communist: 45 | Just: 14 | The people: 12 | Democracy: 5 |
| Lenin: 143 | Individual: 32 | Interest: 14 | Working class: 10 | Peace: 4 |
| Comrade: 65 | Marx: 23 | Socialism: 14 | Peasant: 10 | Citizen: 3 |
| Nation: 59 | Government: 20 | Crime: 13 | Power: 9 | Constitution: 1 |
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Simple Count of Words in Speeches
