jen

(noun)

Human virtue, under Confucianism. 

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Examples of jen in the following topics:

  • The Populist Party and the Election of 1896

    • The Populist Party backed the Democratic candidate William Jennings Bryan in the 1896 election.
    • It sometimes formed coalitions with labor unions, and in 1896 the Democrats endorsed their presidential nominee, William Jennings Bryan.
    • William Jennings Bryan had an innate oratory talent.

  • Persuasive Speeches

    • A persuasive speech can be seen in the image where William Jennings Bryan gives a campaign speech.

  • Dolley Madison and Washington City

    • James Madison's personal servant, the slave Paul Jennings, was an eyewitness at the age of 15.
    • Jennings said that the people who saved the painting and removed the objects were John Susé [Jean-Pierre Sioussat] (a Frenchman, then door-keeper, and still living) and Magraw [McGraw], the President's gardener, took down Washington's painting and sent it off on a wagon with some large silver urns and such other valuables as could be hastily got hold of.
    • In 2009 President Barack Obama held a ceremony at the White House to honor Jennings as a representative of slaves' contributions to saving the Gilbert Stuart painting and other valuables.
    • "A dozen descendants of Jennings came to Washington, to visit the White House.
    • For a few precious minutes, they were able to look at the painting their relative helped save. " In an interview given to National Public Radio (NPR), Jennings' great-great-grandson Hugh Alexander said, "We were able to take a family portrait in front of the painting, which was for me one of the high points. " He confirmed that Jennings purchased his freedom later from the widow Dolley Madison.

  • From Roosevelt to Taft

    • The United States presidential election of 1908 was between Republican party candidate William Howard Taft and Democratic nominee William Jennings Bryan.
    • On their side, the Democrats, after badly losing the 1904 election with a conservative candidate, turned to two-time nominee William Jennings Bryan, who had been defeated in 1896 and 1900 by Republican William McKinley.

  • The People's Party and the Election of 1896

    • In that year's presidential election, the Democrats nominated William Jennings Bryan, who focused (as Populists rarely did) on the free silver issue as a solution to the economic depression and the maldistribution of power.
    • Assess the significance to the Populist Party William Jennings Bryan's 1896 presidential campaign

  • Inadequate Currency

    • The "Cross of Gold" speech was delivered by William Jennings Bryan, a former congressman from Nebraska, at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago on July 9, 1896.
    • In his "Cross of Gold" speech, William Jennings Bryan advocated for bimetallism or "free silver", which he believed would bring the nation prosperity.

  • The Populist Movement

    • It sometimes formed coalitions with labor unions, and in 1896 the Democrats endorsed their presidential nominee, William Jennings Bryan.
    • In that year's presidential election, the Democrats nominated William Jennings Bryan, who focused (as Populists rarely did) on the free silver issue as a solution to the economic depression and the maldistribution of power.
    • In 1896, the 36-year-old William Jennings Bryan was the chosen candidate resulting from the fusion of the Democrats and the People's Party.

  • Populism and Religion

    • William Jennings Bryan (March 19, 1860 – July 26, 1925) was a leading American politician from the 1890s until his death .
    • Evaluate the significance of William Jennings Bryan's contributions to American politics

  • The Scopes Trial

    • William Jennings Bryan, three-time presidential candidate for the Democrats, argued for the prosecution’s case supporting Creationism, the idea that God, in a manner beyond our understanding, made the world and everything in it over the course of seven days.
    • Defense attorney Clarence Darrow, left, and prosecutor William Jennings Bryan argued the Scopes Trial in 1925, making opposing arguments regarding the teaching of evolution.

  • The Debate over American Imperialism

    • Many of the League's leaders were classical liberals and "Bourbon Democrats" (Grover Cleveland Democrats) who believed in free trade, a gold standard, and limited government; they opposed William Jennings Bryan's candidacy in the 1896 presidential election.
    • Particularly controversial was the League's endorsement of William Jennings Bryan, a renowned anti-imperialist but also the leading critic of the gold standard.
    • Caricature shows William Jennings Bryan dressed as a jester wearing a sign, "I AM AGAINST AMERICAN IMPERIALISM" and he is flanked by two sinister figures with hostile expressions wearing similar signs; the one on the left is labeled "Chinese Boxer" and holds a blood-dripping sword; the one on the right labeled "Filipino" in ragged clothes carrying a spear.