Sugar Changed the World, Part 2: Central Ideas — Unit test
Question 19 • FL-1001340-English 2 Sem 1 - Flex
Read the passage from Sugar Changed the World.Slave labor was valuable because it produced cheap sugar that everyone wanted to buy. But if people stopped buying that sugar, the whole slave system would collapse. In the years leading up to the American Revolution, the women of New England refused to buy English products and English tea. The loss of income made London rescind some of the taxes it had imposed on America. Now this same tactic—boycotting—was used to fight slavery. Some 400,000 Englis
Answer
S
Sugar was so cheap that it made economic sense for people in England to buy loaves of it.
I
It was wiser for English people to buy sugar from India instead of the Caribbean.
S
Slavery was so widespread that it would have been foolish for the English to oppose it.
B
Boycotting was an effective and persuasive tool in the fight against slavery.
Explanation
The passage explains that when people stopped buying English goods, the loss of income led London to withdraw some taxes. It then says that the same tactic, boycotting, was used to fight slavery. This supports the idea that boycotting could be an effective way to persuade people or governments to change; the other choices are not supported by the passage.
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