Mother of Exiles. The woman with a torch is the Statue of Liberty. This lightning torch stands for her power as a friend to anyone who comes to America.

Which phrase from the selection helps the reader understand the meaning of "exiles"?

anyone who comes to America

Explanation:

okay, this was slightly less challenging for me because I already know what exile/exiles mean, but anyways:

as an american, it's been drilled into my head how america is the place for dreams and new opportunities and all that cr.ap, so the statue of liberty is geared towards the exiled, and people who want a better life, the very definition of what we've been taught an immigrant is. Also, none of the other options make sense

hope this helps:)

go to crash course lititure and go to seconed page and it shows a video about that

ok so like i went to wiki and looked up the (constitution x new "hammystan")and it showed me the picture it highlights new hampshire and says first and second session and than it says that they hit up the u.s and was like "ey dude that paper u sent us was adopted it bro thx" xd syays it all on wiki/the pic

i dont really like reading so i guess other people might not like reading either so   imma put the answer in bold italics