I chose to compare the word clouds of the inaugural adresses of Barack Obama and James Madison. Obama made his speech in 2009, and Madison made his speech in 1813. There was almost a 200 year gap between the two speeches.
The speeches seem to have had a much different focus. While one of the words in Obama's cloud was peace, which he used four times, Madison used the word war 15 times. It was the largest word in his cloud. Obama also used the word world seven times, and Madison specifically mentioned British five times. Over the past 200 years, the whole world has become so connected, but when Madison was president, the United States was mostly just connected with Britain and a few other countries. The language used in the inaugural adresses shows that difference.
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