Reading Comprehension

Stacey Koprince wrote:Ah, I see, you edited the original post of the passage - great, thanks. You're probably in the midst of editing the other one (it's still showing as a screen shot), so I'll just do the Historians passage now.

Summary (done as I read for the first time):
P1
Some ppl say that WW2 --> alliance bet. unions and AfAm --> civil rights
[this language sounds like the author is going to believe something else is true - or, at least, the author is going to talk about someone else who believes something else]
end of war = end of alliance = lost opp. for civil rights
Others [here we go!] say unions helped W not AfAm [so, this contradicts the ppl in the first line of the summary above]
Author [last sentence]: it's not clear that one view is right

P2
Unions had choice: (1) maintain prewar view (which is? W?), or (2) include everyone [okay, so the "prewar view" was probably favoring W]
Union reps said they were inclusive, but really weren't so much.
Post-war civil rights made this dichotomy even more pronounced.

Question. Main Idea.
A. maybe. vague, but nothing obviously wrong. keep reading.
B. no. not *primarily* about identifying a flaw for just one of the sides
C. no. there are two theories, not just one.
D. no. the "wartime alliance" is only ONE of the theories. where's the other?
E. no. no evidence. there are two interpretations, not just one.

For your 2nd question - I wouldn't necessarily interpret that as unions instigating racism, but it does say that they are favoring W over AfAm. Are they doing that for racist reasons? Maybe - and probably, at least partially, from what we know of history. But the passage doesn't say anything about that, so I'm not speculating - I'm not supposed to bring in outside knowledge.

Is your third question supposed to say "paragraph" instead of "passage"? If so, let me know. If not, can you clarify your question - I'm not sure how you're asking to connect the two different passages?

Stacey Koprince wrote:Ah, I should have specified. When I look back up at my rating of each choice, four are "no" and one is "maybe" so the "maybe" (A) wins.