Question

Read the excerpt from We Shall Not Be Moved.

Traffic, both horses and autos, had been stopped cold, and some two hundred police reserves and plainclothesmen had been called out to maintain order. It seemed the army might at any moment erupt into the rest of Manhattan, invading Wall Street and the Bowery. By ten o’-clock 15,000 workers had left their machines. By nightfall, 25,000. Within the next few days the number rose to nearly 30,000, and it included some cutters, pressers, and finishers.

Which best states one of the author’s purposes for including this information in the text?

to give the reader important facts about a historical event
to describe what a historical event felt like to a participant
to tell the reader how a historical event affects people today
to persuade the reader that a historical event was tragic

Answer 1

To describe what a historical event felt like to a participant.

Step-by-step explanation:

Based on the following article:

Traffic, both horses and autos, had been stopped cold, and some two hundred police reserves and plainclothesmen had been called out to maintain order. It seemed the army might at any moment erupt into the rest of Manhattan, invading Wall Street and the Bowery. By ten o’-clock 15,000 workers had left their machines. By nightfall, 25,000. Within the next few days the number rose to nearly 30,000, and it included some cutters, pressers, and finishers.

''To describe what a historical event felt like to a participant'' best states one of the author’s purposes for including this information in the text.

Answer 2

"to describe what a historical event felt like to a participant" best states one of the author’s purposes for including this information in the text.