Read this excerpt from Jonathan Swift's A Modest Proposal. "So a year after Lent, the markets will be more glutted than usual. This is because the number
of Catholic infants is at least three times greater in this kingdom than that of Protestants. So
my plan will have the extra advantage of decreasing the number of Catholics among us.

What social problem is Swift satirizing in this passage?

A. overpopulation
B. religious prejudice
C. economic inflation
D. abortion

Read edward corsi's quotation from the book immigrantkids by russell freedman.how does this quotation add credibility to freedman'sstatement that the immigrant voyages were not pleasant? oedward corsi, who later became united statescommissioner of immigration, was a ten-year-old italianimmigrant when he sailed into new york harbor in 1907: oit is from an actual immigrant who experienced roughtreatment by the ship's workers.it is from an actual sailor who herded the immigrants likeanimals on the decks.it is from an actual writer who wrote about a fictionalfamily immigrating to the united states.it is from an actual historian who studied the immigrationexperience at ellis island.the officers of the ship went striding up and downthe decks shouting orders and directions and drivingthe immigrants before them. scowling and gesturing,they pushed and pulled the passengers, herding usinto separate groups as though we were animals. afew moments later we came to our dock, and thelong journey was over.0o