Question

read the excerpt from emma lazaruss poem the new colossus, which is inscribed on the base of the statue of liberty.
\ keep, ancient lands, your storied pomp! cries she
with silent lips. give me your tired, your poor,
your huddled masses yearning to breathe free. \
who are the \tired,\ \poor,\ \huddled masses\ to which the poem refers?

• americans who were leaving the country
• americans who lived in new york city
• immigrants passing through ellis island
• immigrants passing through angel island

Explanation:

The poem "The New Colossus" is associated with the Statue of Liberty, and Ellis Island was the main immigration station for people coming to the US. The "tired," "poor," "huddled masses" refer to immigrants seeking a new life in America, and Ellis Island was where many of these immigrants passed through. Americans leaving the country or those in New York City don't fit, and Angel Island was more for Asian immigrants with a different experience, while Ellis Island was the primary entry for European etc. immigrants during that era.

Answer:

C. immigrants passing through Ellis Island