Which sentence from "Ellis Island" is major supporting detail?
The doctors at Ellis Island were skilled at conducting "six-second
• physicals" during which they could diagnose various conditions with
just a glance. (paragraph 1)
The minority who were detained on Ellis Island can be divided into
three categories. (paragraph 2)
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Most arriving immigrants were there for only a short three to five
hours. (paragraph 1)
The diseases that examining doctors looked for were cholera, scalp
and nail fungus, tuberculosis, insanity, epilepsy, mental impairments,
and trachoma, a highly contagious eye infection that could lead to
blindness and death. (paragraph 2)