Here is what the passage simplified says to us



OK. Cassidy studied the case of immigrants to NE and the reasons are two



our reasons




Cassidy made his researchers of the stuff using historical data and other resources to find the characteristics highlighted in the second sentence in red. Basically, the first trance of immigrants was skilled more than the big chuck came later in NE




of the first chunk, some of those people gave a religious explanation to immigrate to NE BUT we assume this and arguing those from the study AFTER. We do really do not know at the time if those motivations were true or not. We were not there in NE in 1630 We assume this




The second chunk of people showed us they had other reasons to immigrate

Now, based on the analysis above we can explain question 25 and 27

25)

25. According to the passage, Cressy would agree with which of the following statements about the organizers among the English immigrants to New England in the 1630's?

I. Most of them were clergy.

We know they were some. Wrong

II. Some of them offered a religious explanation for their immigration.

True

III. They did not offer any reasons for their immigration until some time after they had immigrated.

No we assume this. Not they did at the time. WE think this. wrong

IV. They were more likely than the average immigrant to be motivated by material considerations.

Some of them were clergy. Most were literate. We do not know so much if they were motivated by material reasons. Maybe. We do not know for sure. What we do know for sure from the records is answer choice II. Also notice the wording " more likely than the average immigrant " absolutely we CANNOT infer this from the passage.

As you can see if you break down the passage, the question becomes manageable and easy


27)

27. The passage suggests that the majority of those English people who had immigrated to America by the late seventeenth century were

(A) clergy
(B) young children
(C) organized in families
(D) skilled in crafts
(E) illiterate


Easy E once we do know the passage

The first chunk was - quote " were skilled in farming or crafts, were literate, and were organized in families. "

The second

"most people immigrated because they were recruited by promises of material improvement."

Easy E.

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24. In the passage, the author is primarily concerned with

(A) summarizing the findings of an investigation
The passage starts with the phrase in a recent study, which means further most of the information would be about this investigation and in the end(see the last sentence of the passage) he concludes something based on the evidences that the author amassed.

(B) analyzing a method of argument
(C) evaluating a point of view
(D) hypothesizing about a set of circumstances
(E) establishing categories

25. According to the passage, Cressy would agree with which of the following statements about the organizers among the English immigrants to New England in the 1630's?

I. Most of them were clergy.
It's not clear whether the most of the organizers were the clergy

II. Some of them offered a religious explanation for their immigration.
It's true that some of the organizers offered the religious explanation. Passage fragment: most notably the organizers and clergy, advanced religious explanations for departure

III. They did not offer any reasons for their immigration until some time after they had immigrated.
This kind of information doesn't stated in the passage.

IV. They were more likely than the average immigrant to be motivated by material considerations.
On the contrary author concludes that the average immigrant was tend to hold material considerations as the reason for immigration rather than clergy or organizers.


Thus only correct option would be II only

(A) I only
(B) II only
(C) II and III only
(D) I, III, and IV only
(E) II, III, and IV only

26. According to the paSsage, Cressy has made which of the following claims about what motivated English immigrants to go to New England in the 1630's?

The last sentence of the passage clearly states the authors conclusion that the early English immigrants were more motivated by material considerations rather than spiritual ones.
Thus the correct option would be D.

(A) They were motivated by religious considerations alone.
(B) They were motivated by economic considerations alone.
(C) They were motivated by religious and economic considerations equally.
(D) They were motivated more often by economic than by religious considerations.
(E) They were motivated more often by religious than by economic considerations.

27. The passage suggests that the majority of those English people who had immigrated to America by the late seventeenth century were

While the most immigrants of the early 17th century were skilled in crafts, literate and were organized in families and on the contrast late 17th century were antipode of those who came earlier.

Passage fragment: Cressy finds that most adult immigrants were skilled in farming or crafts, were literate, and were organized in families. Each of these characteristics sharply distinguishes the 21,000 people who left for New England in the 1630s from most of the approximately 377,000 English people who had immigrated to America by 1700.

Thus the only viable option would be E.

(A) clergy
(B) young children
(C) organized in families
(D) skilled in crafts
(E) illiterate

I got two wrongs and two rights. So I'll try to examine and make them right.

. In the passage, the author is primarily concerned with

(A) summarizing the findings of an investigation Yes, seems like . he is trying to detail the various points of a study
(B) analyzing a method of argument. No he is not analyzing any arguement
(C) evaluating a point of view No , same as above
(D) hypothesizing about a set of circumstancesWell, there is no hypothesis that is being formed
(E) establishing categories[i]This comes a bit close , little trick , he is forming the categories of type of people for immigration but is that he primary point of the assage? Probably not [/i]

25. According to the passage, Cressy would agree with which of the following statements about the organizers among the English immigrants to New England in the 1630's?

I. Most of them were clergy. Doesn't mention anywhere
II. Some of them offered a religious explanation for their immigration. Yes indeed , some of them offered religious explanations but most of them did offer a material improvement in their situation
III. They did not offer any reasons for their immigration until some time after they had immigrated. Well, this cannot be properly inferred, there is no such mention
IV. They were more likely than the average immigrant to be motivated by material considerations.It says more people were to move because of material improvement but doesn't say anything about motivation of an average candiddate, indeed tricky
If there would have any optionof II and IV , one should choose that otherwise II . You might trick yourself and could choose II,III,IV ,that's what I did and I think is wrong

26. According to the paSsage, Cressy has made which of the following claims about what motivated English immigrants to go to New England in the 1630's?

(A) They were motivated by religious considerations alone.
(B) They were motivated by economic considerations alone.
(C) They were motivated by religious and economic considerations equally.
(D) They were motivated more often by economic than by religious considerations.This is the easiest perhaps , mentioned directly in passage
(E) They were motivated more often by religious than by economic considerations.

7. The passage suggests that the majority of those English people who had immigrated to America by the late seventeenth century were
Note that the passage mentions that people who had migrated by 1700 differed a lot in characteristics from people who had migrated in 1630s .
(A) clergyClergys are mentioned to be migrated in 1630s
(B) young childrenmentioned organized in families
(C) organized in familiesmentioned
(D) skilled in craftsmentioned
(E) illiterateNot mentioned, so should be the answer
I got this wrong , it was tricky and I went for A

For the last question, the passage also states "adult immigrants" and then "sharply distinguished". So even small children contrasts with adult immigrants. Why do we exclude A?

It doesn't matter if the English immigrants were adults or children. As long as the characteristics mentioned in the passage don't apply to these immigrants, only illiterate can be the answer.

The characteristics mentioned in the passage are:

1) literate - so opposite of this could be the answer.
2) Organized in families - children and adult could belong to this group - so exclude B and C.
3) Skilled in crafts - so exclude this one too.
4) The last few lines explains that some of them were indeed clergy, but here it is not clear that all these immigrants were English.

It was tricky indeed! I couldn't get it easily. Moreover, I did it at a very fast pace, therefore, only one was right.

I think literate and illiterate have opposite meanings.

literate -> of a person able to read and write

illiterate -> unable to read or write

So, by using 1st sentence, we can understand that literate person was not involved in the group of immigrants to America by 1700.

Hope this helps.
Gocha

hello all,

In the passage last sentence says that " he finds that religious explanations were less frequently offered, and he concludes that most people immigrated because they were recruited by promises of material improvement". Now regarding whom is Cressey talking about like which category of people are more into material improvement? is it on 1700 immigrants or 1630 immigrants or on the whole he is talking about all of them?

Thanks

With respect to their reasons for immigrating, Cressy does not deny the frequently noted fact that some of the immigrants of the 1630s, most notably the organizers and clergy,

so when he says most of them clearly he refers to the 1630

he concludes that most people immigrated because they were recruited by promises of material improvement.


With respect to their reasons for immigrating, Cressy does not deny the frequently noted fact that some of the immigrants of the 1630s, most notably the organizers and clergy, advanced religious explanations for departure, but he finds that such explanations usually assumed primacy only in retrospect. When he moves beyond the principal actors, he finds that religious explanations were less frequently offered, and he concludes that most people immigrated because they were recruited by promises of material improvement.

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