What can the reader assume the central idea of the text is based on the title: the grim end of the odyssey? a) the trip was a successful expedition that ended the slave trade. b) the trip never actually took place. c) the trip was not successful and ended in disaster for those involved. d) the trip was postponed and never resumed. what is the meaning of the word, unprecedented, as used below? it was then that the society for the extinction of the slave trade and the civilization of africa, headed by prince albert, the husband of queen victoria, launched an unprecedented attempt to eradicate slavery at its origin. the ambitious plan was to win or buy the cooperation of the tribal chieftains along the river niger through a series of treaties, as well as introduce christianity and increase commerce a) unremarkable b) repeated c) first-time d) odd

Read edward corsi's quotation from the book immigrantkids by russell freedman.how does this quotation add credibility to freedman'sstatement that the immigrant voyages were not pleasant? oedward corsi, who later became united statescommissioner of immigration, was a ten-year-old italianimmigrant when he sailed into new york harbor in 1907: oit is from an actual immigrant who experienced roughtreatment by the ship's workers.it is from an actual sailor who herded the immigrants likeanimals on the decks.it is from an actual writer who wrote about a fictionalfamily immigrating to the united states.it is from an actual historian who studied the immigrationexperience at ellis island.the officers of the ship went striding up and downthe decks shouting orders and directions and drivingthe immigrants before them. scowling and gesturing,they pushed and pulled the passengers, herding usinto separate groups as though we were animals. afew moments later we came to our dock, and thelong journey was over.0o