I want people to know that she was a great teacher who loved her family and her country. She had the courage to speak out and do
something about the injustice. She worked hard to pass redress. When a group of people feel they have been treated unfairly by the government, the US Constitution guarantees you the right to redress the government. The Japanese Americans did that and because the Civil Liberties Act of 1988 was passed by Congress, our constitution is strong again. It was weakened by Executive Order 9066 when President Roosevelt ordered 120,000 innocent Japanese Americans into internment camps. Mary Tsukamoto always took the initiative to follow her beliefs. She was a respected author (she wrote the book, We the People, a Story of Internment in America), a political activist and someone who worked for world peace. She was selected by the California State Senate as a Notable Californian. Which sentence states the main idea? sixth sentence: "Mary Tsukamoto always took the initiative to follow her beliefs." fifth sentence: "The Japanese Americans did that and because the Civil Liberties Act of 1988 was passed by Congress, our constitution is strong again." first sentence: "I want people to know that she was a great teacher who loved her family and her country." last sentence: "She was selected by the California State Senate as a Notable Californian."
<span>The main idea is the first sentence: “I
want people to know that she was a great teacher who loved her family and her
country”. This sentence explains the most important thought of the paragraph. Because
of her love to her family and country, she made a brave move by being loud about
injustices and wrote a book that urged people to protect their rights. </span>
