Read the excerpt from We Shall Not Be Moved.
The League, like Local 25, had expected a turn out of four or five thousand. They were bowled over by this army, utterly unprepared for it. They had organized strikes in the garment trade, small ones, usually confined to a single shop, but never before had they undertaken something on so vast a scale. They might fail, but be laughed at by the whole of New York as well as John Dyche and the ILGWU men, and all The same they knew this was the challenge they’d been hoping for — their chance to show the world they were more little than highbrow butters-in, just as a shirtwaist makers were more than irresponsible little girls.
How would a careful re-reading of this excerpt help a reader understand the League mentioned in the first sentence?
A. The reader could make the connection between the league in the world bowled and the second sentence to conclude that they are a bowling team
B. The reader could make the connection between the league and the shirtwaist makers in the last sentence to realize they are the same group of women
C. The reader could make the connection between the league in the third sentence which explains that they organize strikes in the garment trade.
D. The reader could make the connection between the league in the ILGWU men in the last sentence to know that they are both part of the same group.
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