Transitions help connect ideas, so the second option would be your answer.
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I think b is the answer equality in America has never meant literal equality of condition or
Answer: summary of the text :)
Explanation:
The dark cloud was like a stain of darkness over the wide-open plain.
(Is that too advanced?)
There was a red stain on the boy's shirt as he stood in the grassy plain.
(That's a bit simpler.)