Read the excerpt from "Island of Hope, Island of Tears." Giuseppe D'Amico (Teresa's father) "had a hard time finding a job in America. He was an electrician by trade, but he couldn't get a job in Manhattan because the electricians were already unionized." Which statement correctly identifies the cause-and-effect relationship?

The statement that identifies the cause and effect relationship is: The unionization of electricians causes Giuseppe D'Amico's difficulty in finding a job.

Explanation:

A cause and effect relationship can be presented when we see a sentence where one element causes the existence of another. Regarding the excerpt shown in the question above, we can see that Teresa's father is having a hard time finding a job as an electrician. That's because in America, electricians are union members and this prevents electricians without union members, like Teresa's father, from being hired. This shows that the unionization of electricians is the cause and the difficulty of finding a job is the effect.