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Question 46 • World History and Geography

Which statement most accurately answers why the Europeans in the Caribbean felt the need to bring in enslaved Africans as laborers?

Answer

Disease had physically weakened the Indigenous workers, and the Caribbean plantations required stronger laborers.

Disease had decimated the Indigenous population, and the Caribbean plantations required more workers to perform hard labor.

Europeans grew crops like coffee and sugar that could yield a high profit, but required many laborers.

The Europeans’ labor-intensive crops required laborers that already understood how to work with coffee and sugar.

Explanation

European diseases caused a catastrophic decline in the Indigenous population, reducing the number of people Europeans could force to work. At the same time, Caribbean plantations needed many laborers for demanding agricultural work, so Europeans brought enslaved Africans to fill that labor shortage. Choice C describes why plantation owners wanted large workforces, but B most directly explains the need to bring in enslaved Africans.

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