Question

Read Edward Corsi’s quotation from the book Immigrant Kids by Russel Freedman. This quotation adds credibility to the text because

Answer 1

Answer:The immigrant’s next stop after landing in the States was Ellis Island. This was the place where they would be given health exams and other tests to see if they would be allowed to stay. Many feared the tests because they did not want to be sent back to their homelands.

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Answer 2

This quotation adds credibility to Freedman's statement that the immigrants believed life in America would be better because:

C. It comes from an immigrant who called America the land of his dreams.

Step-by-step explanation:

The quotation we are analyzing here serves to support Freedman's statement, giving it trustworthiness. According to Freedman, immigrants saw America as the place for a fresh start, where life could be better than before, than it was where they came from. What better way to support that statement than by quoting an immigrant? Edward Corsi's quotation confirms Freedman's statement. He and his family, upon arriving in New York in 1907, where excited about this "miraculous land of our dreams."