Question

What claim do the authors make in this passage?

There was no difference between enslaved Africans and Indian indentures.
Indians retained some of their individuality by being able to keep their names.
Cheap labor was necessary to keep the sugar plantations running smoothly.
The tin ticket identification disk was recorded in account books to identify people.

Answer 1

I don’t have the passage you’re referring to, so I can’t pick the correct option yet. Could you paste the passage here?

If you’d like to choose it yourself, use this quick method:
- Find the sentence that states the main point or the author’s overall assertion (often the thesis or topic sentence).
- See which option is directly stated or most strongly supported by the passage’s evidence and tone.
- Eliminate options that are minor details, examples, or implications rather than the main claim.

If you paste the passage I’ll pick the best option and explain why.