Answer:
I don't exactly know the answer but maybe the explination will help
Explanation:
As planters increased cotton production, they rapidly increased the purchase and transport of slaves. By 1840 there were 11,323 slaves in Texas.
The correct answer is sentence (5).
A sentence fragment means that it is only a part of a sentence; it is not complete. Given that it is incomplete, the fragment, aka subordinate/dependent sentence, has to be part of a larger, independent sentence, in order to make any sense. So if you combined sentence (5) with another one, it wouldn't be a fragment anymore.
Bleakness a state of complete emptiness or destruction.)
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I`m assuming the underlined word is dearth, so
the answer is a. shortage