Question

1ss.912.a.1.2, ss.912.a.3.6, ss.912.a.3.7 (high)
the excerpt below is from zalmen yoffeh, a jewish immigrant journalist who lived in a
new york tenement as a child. which statement best summarizes his writing?
\with... one dollar a day our mother fed and clothed an ever - growing family.
she took in boarders. sometimes this helped; at other times it added to the
burden of living. boarders were often out of work and penniless; how could one
turn a hungry man out? she made all our clothes. she walked blocks to reach a
place where meat was a penny cheaper, where bread was a half cent less. she
collected boxes and old wood to burn in the stove.\
a we will return to europe as soon as we can buy passage back home.
b we could not have survived without the help of tammany hall.
c immigrants and farmers can find good paying jobs in urban areas.
d immigrants faced difficult conditions living in large cities.
2ss.912.g.4.2 (moderate)
migrants had many reasons to make the journey to the united states. which of the
following reasons is considered a \pull factor\ for migration to the united states?
a factories offering jobs in u.s. cities
b persecution of jews in russia
c rapidly growing industries in european cities
d famine in china

Explanation:

Question 1

• Option A: The excerpt has no mention of returning to Europe, so A is incorrect.
• Option B: Tammany Hall is not mentioned in the excerpt, so B is incorrect.
• Option C: The excerpt focuses on the struggles of the immigrant family, not on job opportunities for immigrants or farmers, so C is incorrect.
• Option D: The excerpt describes how the mother had to work hard (taking in boarders, making clothes, finding cheaper food, collecting wood) to support the family on a dollar a day, showing the difficult conditions immigrants faced in large cities (like New York), so D matches the summary.

• Pull factors are reasons that attract people to a new place.
• Option A: Factories offering jobs in U.S. cities is a pull factor as it attracts migrants to the U.S. for employment.
• Option B: Persecution in Russia is a push factor (drives people away from their home).
• Option C: Growing industries in European cities would be a pull factor to stay in Europe, not migrate to the U.S.
• Option D: Famine in China is a push factor (drives people away from China).

Answer:

D. Immigrants faced difficult conditions living in large cities.

Question 2