Question

Read the passage from Sugar Changed the World. In the Age of Sugar, Europeans bought a product made thousands of miles away that was less expensive than the honey from down the road. That was possible only because sugar set people in motion all across the world—millions of them as slaves, in chains; a few in search of their fortunes. A perfect taste made possible by the most brutal labor: That is the dark story of sugar. What is the purpose of the cause-and-effect structure of this passage? Select two options. to mark important events in the history of sugar to show how the desire for sugar led to slavery to compare the labor used for sugar with that used in other industries to reveal that the reason for sugar’s low price was slavery to explain how honey led to the discovery of sugar

Answer 1

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To show how the desire of sugar led to slavery

To reveal that the reason for sugars low price was slavery.

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Answer 2

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B: to show how the desire for sugar led to slavery, and D: to reveal that the reason for sugar’s low price was slavery.

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