Question

Read the excerpt from We Shall Not Be Moved. Nobody had, since this was the first "general strike" in the garment trades, also the largest strike of women workers ever known in the United States until that moment. Which best states the author’s purpose for including this information in the text? a) to connect a historical event to the present b) to bring a person involved in a historical event to life c) to challenge the reader’s ideas about a historical event d) to tell the reader about an important historical event

Answer 1

Answer:

d) to tell a reader about an important historical event

Answer 2

The answer is d. Because the author is trying to inform you or let you know about an important historical event....hope this helps:)