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QuizMultiple Choice

Impact of Reconstruction — Unit test

Question 9 • MO-US History II A

Read the excerpt from Emma Lazarus’s poem The New Colossus, which is inscribed on the base of the Statue of Liberty. “ ‘Keep, ancient lands, your storied pomp!’ cries sheWith 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?

Answer
A
Americans who were leaving the country
B
Americans who lived in New York City
C
immigrants passing through Ellis Island
D
immigrants passing through Angel Island
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