An Anecdote Is a Type of Comparison

question 26

True/False

An anecdote is a type of comparison.

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Definitions:

Reconstruction Plan

Relates to the strategies and policies implemented to rebuild and reorganize the Southern United States after the Civil War.

Presidential Pardons

A legal mechanism that allows the president of the United States to fully forgive an individual for federal crimes, thereby removing any remaining penalties or punishments.

Andrew Johnson

The 17th president of the United States, who served from 1865 to 1869, succeeding Abraham Lincoln following his assassination, and was the first American president to be impeached.

Radical Republicans

Group within the Republican Party in the 1850s and 1860s that advocated strong resistance to the expansion of slavery, opposition to compromise with the South in the secession crisis of 1860–1861, emancipation and arming of black soldiers during the Civil War, and equal civil and political rights for blacks during Reconstruction.