Question

Which sentence from “Ellis Island” is a major supporting detail?

The minority who were detained on Ellis Island can be divided into three categories. (paragraph 2)

The doctors at Ellis Island were skilled at conducting "six-second physicals" during which they could diagnose various conditions with just a glance. (paragraph 1)

Most arriving immigrants were there for only a short three to five hours. (paragraph 1)

The diseases that examining doctors looked for were cholera, scalp and nail fungus, tuberculosis, insanity, epilepsy, mental impairments, and trachoma, a highly contagious eye infection that could lead to blindness and death. (paragraph 2

Answer 1

The sentence "The diseases that examining doctors looked for were cholera, scalp and nail fungus, tuberculosis, insanity, epilepsy, mental impairments, and trachoma, a highly contagious eye infection that could lead to blindness and death" from paragraph 2 is a major supporting detail.