trying to get motor to turn on
That's a solenoid, not a pump. It basically allows or disallows airflow from an external source of pressure, it's like a mechanical on/off switch. If you hear a 'thunk' it's working correctly. 

To address some of your questions in the comments:


People don't use motors with resistors because it's grossly and unnecessarily inefficient. The power you waste increases by a factor of the current squared, so for a high current load like a motor it's an much more wasteful than if you were current limiting, say, a small LED. The better way is to simply change the effective voltage across the motor terminals, commonly achieved through PWM (pulse width modulation).
There really isn't a particular reason why you can't breadboard with such a small motor. It's a good rule of thumb to avoid though, because often motors will be rather high current devices, and breadboards introduce a lot of unwanted resistance.