Read the excerpt below from interview with marielle tsukamoto and answer the question that follows.
i want people to know that she was a great teacher who loved her family and her country. she had the courage to
speak out and do something about the injustice. she worked hard to pass redress. when a group of people feel they
have been treated unfairly by the government, the us constitution guarantees you the right to redress the
government. the japanese americans did that and because the civil liberties act of 1988 was passed by congress
our constitution is strong again. it was weakened by executive order 9066 when president roosevelt ordered
120,000 innocent japanese americans into internment camps. mary tsukamoto always took the initiative to follow
her beliefs. she was a respected author (she wrote the book, we the people, a story of internment in america), a
political activist and someone who worked for world peace. she was selected by the california state senate as a
notable californian.
which sentence states the main idea?
sixth sentence: "mary tsukamoto always took the initiative to follow her beliefs."
fifth sentence: "the japanese americans did that and because the civil liberties act of 1988 was passed by
congress, our constitution is strong again."
first sentence: "i want people to know that she was a great teacher who loved her family and her country."
last sentence: "she was selected by the california state senate as a notable californian."