Why did the slave population of Texas increase rapidly between the 1830s and 1860? a. Slave owners from Mexico moved into Texas. b. Slave owners from other places in the South moved into Texas. c. Slaves were brought into markets along the Gulf of Mexico. d. Slaves were bought in large numbers by German immigrants to the state.

I’m thinking b

Explanation: it’s not d because German immigrants absolutely hated slavery. And slavery became illegal in Mexico in 1830 so it’s probably not a. And c just doesn’t really sound like the answer.

First sentence in the given passage is declarative sentence.

If one would combine first and second sentence, it would become compund sentence.

Explanation:

Brighton Beach Memoirs is a play written by Neil Simon. It is considered for some parts a semi-autobiography of the author.

The given passage talks about this play.

The first sentence of the passage is declarative sentence. A declarative sentence or assertive sentences are those statements that tend to give information or inform the audience about something. For instance, Mary loves reading books. This statement is declarative as it is giving information about Mary's likes.

In the same manner, the first statement of the passage is declarative as it is giving infomration about thoughts of some people about Eugene, the protagonist of the play.

If one would combine first and second sentence, it would become a compound sentence. A compound statement is a sentence that consists of two independent statement combined by a coordinating conjunction.

The first and second statement of the passage are two independent statements that can be combined using a coordinating conjuction.