Sugar Changed the World, Part 4: Building Claims

Question 1

What is the most important claim that the authors make in "Part Four: Back to Our Stories: New Workers, New Sugar” in Sugar Changed the World?

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B: Sugar production and trade had a global impact on slavery and rebellion.

Question 2

What is the authors’ primary purpose in this passage?

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C: to persuade readers that modern forms of indentured servitude exist

Question 3

Question 3

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A: A new society was emerging.

Question 4

Question 4

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Question 5

Which quotation from the excerpt uses empirical evidence to support the central idea that the Indians’ working conditions were merciless?

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D: "The Indians’ contracts called for seven hours’ work for about twenty-four cents a day."

Question 6

Which statement best explains how the evidence supports the central idea that working conditions were similar to slavery?

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D: The evidence details hard work and the Indian laborers’ lack of control over their lives.

Question 7

How do the authors support the overall claim that sugar production and trade had an impact on world history? Check all that apply.by documenting how sugar is used very little in modern dietsby explaining how sugar damages health and the environmentby comparing the use of indentured servitude to the practice of slaveryby painting a positive portrait of sugar plantations in North Americaby illustrating how science advanced the production of sweet substancesby discussing the teachings of John Smith and his impact on British societyby demonstrating how the treatment of Indian workers led to Gandhi’s Satyagraha

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C: by comparing the use of indentured servitude to the practice of slavery; E: by illustrating how science advanced the production of sweet substances; F: by discussing the teachings of John Smith and his impact on British society; G: by demonstrating how the treatment of Indian workers led to Gandhi’s Satyagraha

Question 8

Question 8

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B: “But now there were more and more ‘free’ workers.”

Question 9

Question 9

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