Question

Read the excerpt from We Shall Not Be Moved. Delegates would be elected from each of the shops, to bring the workers' demands to a central strike committee. Speakers would have to be found to report the progress of the strike back to the workers, those speakers fluent in Yiddish, English, or Italian. A strike fund would have to be raised, an information bureau set up where strikers could register for relief, or for help with legal and personal problems. Publicity was another vital need — photos and eyewitness accounts of workers on the picket lines being harassed by gorillas and police. The picket lines themselves would have to be organized. Which best states the author’s purpose for including information about the needs of the strike organizers? to show the reader the feelings of the striking workers as they stood in the picket lines to give the reader an idea of the complicated work required for the garment worker’s strike to show the reader how the needs of striking workers

Answer 1

Answer:

to give the reader an idea of the complicated work required for the garment worker’s strike

Explanation:

This would be the best option according to what you included. The excerpt lists all the different things the organizers will need to do such as being a part of the committee, finding speakers fluent in different languages, creating a strike fund, creating public notice, and organizing picket lines. It shows that organizing a strike is not as simple as refusing to go to work and holding up signs. A lot must be taken into consideration, not only when striking, but also when choosing to be an organizer.

Answer 2

to give the reader an idea of the complicated work required for the garment worker’s strike

This would be the best option according to what you included. The excerpt lists all the different things the organizers will need to do such as being a part of the committee, finding speakers fluent in different languages, creating a strike fund, creating public notice, and organizing picket lines. It shows that organizing a strike is not as simple as refusing to go to work and holding up signs. A lot must be taken into consideration, not only when striking, but also when choosing to be an organizer.