Use the following excerpt from the play I Am American to answer the question.Which sentence from the excerpt contributes to one of the central conflicts of the play, which is the difficult experiences immigrants must face and overcome in their new country?(1 point)ResponsesMany times in history we’ve been picked on and unfairly persecuted.Many times in history we’ve been picked on and unfairly persecuted.They went to work in some of the clothing factories owned by their predecessors.They went to work in some of the clothing factories owned by their predecessors.They were poor, and spoke only Yiddish when they moved into New York’s Lower East Side.They were poor, and spoke only Yiddish when they moved into New York’s Lower East Side.The factory where my great-great-grandfather worked was one of the first to have a labor union.

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The sentence that contributes to the central conflict of the play regarding the difficult experiences immigrants must face and overcome in their new country is: "They were poor, and spoke only Yiddish when they moved into New York’s Lower East Side." This sentence highlights the challenges of poverty and language barriers that immigrants encounter.