Read the excerpt from this land was made for you and me. on march 3, 1940, aunt molly jackson led off the evening at the forrest theater. the wife of a leading coal striker, she’d been organizing the miners and writing songs about the abysmal conditions of the kentucky mines until death threats forced her to relocate to new york city. which statement best summarizes the connection between jackson’s life and her music? she was asked to perform first because her songs were better than the other musicians’. she started the performance because she was the wife of a leading coal striker. she relocated to new york city because her songs led to death threats against her. she hoped her songs would inspire miners to continue to work in the mines despite the conditions.

The statement that best summarizes the connection between Jackson’s life and her music is: She hoped her songs would inspire miners to continue to work in the mines despite the conditions.

In the text, you can read this relation between organizating the miners and writing songs as both actions are part of the same sentence: "she’d been organizing the miners and writing songs about the abysmal conditions of the Kentucky mines".

The sentence "The wife of a leading coal striker" is just a description of the character, a sentence that will help you understand her background.

The fact that she had to go to New York is just a consecuence of the movement she was leading.

But the real connection between her cause and her music is the intention of inspiring miners.

c

Explanation:

she relocated to new york city because her songs led to death threats against her

a because they still enjoy the fire.

explanation:

the words “strangest” and “unusual” suggest that the narrator is about to tell the story of an odd or puzzling group of people.