Question

read the passage from sugar changed the world. sugar has left a bloody trail through human history. sugar plantations from africa to the caribbean and louisiana and as far as hawaii are haunted by stories of brutality, torture, rape, and murder. when slaves rebelled, they often took gruesome revenge on their masters, only to face even more horrific reprisals when the owners and overseers regained control. indenture was a step better than slavery, but masters did their best to intimidate workers to keep wages low and silence critics. violence was the very soil from which sugar sprang. the only way to fight sugar masters, it seemed, was for the workers to be harder, tougher, and more willing to accept bloodshed than the owners. gandhi began to see that there was a way for the indentured indians to strengthen themselves without having to rely on machetes and guns. freedom, he realized, did not come only from rising up against which statement best describes the claim the authors make in this passage? ○ gandhi believed that violence should be used only as a last resort when fighting oppressors. ○ violent uprisings were common, but gandhi worked to show that resistance could be nonviolent. ○ life for indentured workers was difficult, and sugar masters treated them like property. ○ workers’ freedom depended upon the way that plantation owners treated workers.

Explanation:

The passage discusses the violent history of sugar production (rebellions, brutality) and introduces Gandhi's non - violent approach. Option A focuses only on Gandhi's view on violence as last resort, not the main claim. Option C is about indentured workers' life, not the authors' main claim. Option D is about workers' freedom and plantation owners' treatment, not the core of the passage. Option B captures the contrast between common violent uprisings and Gandhi's non - violent resistance, which aligns with the passage's content.

Answer:

B. Violent uprisings were common, but Gandhi worked to show that resistance could be nonviolent.