Answer:
Option D, The purpose of this excerpt is to explain the feelings of worry experienced by an immigrant family.
Explanation:
The excerpt clearly indicates the worry of an immigrant family that is concerned about the physical examination. The concern is majorly regarding the rejection of even one member of the family as in such condition it will be difficult for the rest of the family to decide what to do.
Hence, option D is correct
They started the settlement on the island of Hispaniola.
Columbus was the first explorer they sponsored.
They discovered the Mississippi River, San Salvador, and the Pacific Ocean.
The primary way in which the government encouraged settlement in the west was through the Homestead Act, which gave people free land--while the railroads allowed them to travel there safely.
