Why are you going to Canada in June?
The presidential election of 1876 led to the end of Reconstruction. Samuel Tilden outpolled Rutherford Hayes to win the popular vote. Tilden had 184 electoral votes to Hayes' 165 and 20 votes were uncounted. These 20 electoral votes were in dispute: in Florida, Louisiana, and South Carolina. Each party reported its candidate had won the state, while in Oregon one elector was declared illegal and replaced. The 20 disputed electoral votes were eventually awarded to Hayes after a bitter legal and political battle. This gave Hayes the victory.
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Every day after work Paul took his muddy boots off on the steps of the front porch. Alice would have a fit if the boots made it so far as the welcome mat. He then took off his dusty overalls and threw them into a plastic garbage bag; Alice left a new garbage bag tied to the porch railing for him every morning. On his way in the house, he dropped the garbage bag off at the washing machine and went straight up the stairs to the shower as he was instructed. He would eat dinner with her after he was “presentable,” as Alice had often said.
1. What type of job does Paul do?
doctor
teacher
construction
store clerk
2. Describe Alice
3. What relationship do Paul and Alice have?
Answer:
- Construction worker
- A very tidy person.
- Husband and wife.
Explanation:
- Construction worker, or any profession that requires getting muddy and wear overalls, such as farmer, ditch digger, or miner.
- Alice seems to be someone who insists on having everything clean and tidy, to the point of imposing strict cleaning rules when Paul arrives from work.
- Paul and Alice seem to live together, so they most likely are husband and wife, or maybe mother and son.
Answer: a. Such a class you must have, or you would not have that other class which leads progress, civilization, and refinement.
Explanation: An analogy is a comparison between the features of two or more things, analogies are often used to help explain a point the view or an argument about any topic. In the given excerpt from James Henry Hammond’s speech “Cotton Is King” the piece of text that uses an analogy to justify the existence of the institution of slavery is the one from option a, it compares the "class" of slaves with the progress, civilization and refinement.
