Now, read a quote from a Jewish immigrant who arrived at Ellis Island in 1917. As you read, think about how the young women were feeling. They asked us questions. “How much is two and one? How much is two and two?” But the next young girl, also from our city, went and they asked her, “How do you wash stairs, from the top or from the bottom?” She says, “I don’t go to America to wash stairs.”

–Trifles, Pauline Notkoff

How do you think the immigrant girl feels about being asked how to wash stairs?
Check all that apply.

A. Frustrated that she has to answer a question about that type of work

B. Excited about earning money by washing stairs

C. Hopeful that she will get a better job

D. Proud of what she can do

E. Happy that her family can speak English

Frustrated that she has to answer a question about that type of work

Hopeful that she will get a better job

Proud of what she can do

Explanation:

absolute poverty the condition of having too little income to buy the necessities-- food, shelter, clothing, health care.

achieved status a social position (status) obtained through an individual's own talents and efforts.

affirmative action the requirement that employers make special efforts to recruits hire and promote qualified members of previously excluded groups including women and minorities.

aggregate a collection of unrelated people who do not know one another but who may occupy a common space--for example, a crowd of people crossing a city street.

agrarian societies societies in which large scale cultivation using plows and draft animals is the primary means of subsistence.

alienation the separation or estrangement of individuals from themselves and from others.

amalgamation the biological as well as cultural assimilation (merging) of racial or ethnic groups.

anomalies in science observations or problems that cannot be explained or solved in terms of a prevailing paradigm.

anomie a breakdown or confusion in the norms, values, and culture of a group or a society. a condition of relative normlessness.

anomie theory the theory suggesting that deviance and crime occur when there is an acute gap between cultural norms and goals and the socially structured opportunities for individuals to achieve those goals.

anticipatory socialization the process of taking on the attitudes values and behaviors of a status or role one expects to occupy in the future.

apartheid the recent policy of racial separation in south africa enforced by leg

explanation:

if you have to make a general question and respond to your thoughts, then this isn't really a question someone can you on. read the passage, form your question, and answer using your thoughts. no one else can understand how you interpreted this text if you don't tell us.