Read the passage. (1) During the 1800s, many people in the U. S. moved to the West. (2) In the 1840s, people settled in the Oregon Territory. (3) The search for gold and silver attracted miners to California in 1849. (4) Homesteaders flocked to the Great Plains in the 1870s.
Which sentence contains a direct object?

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With crack on crack of thunder, zeus let fly a bolt against the ship, a direct hit, so that she bucked, in reeking fumes of sulphur, and all the men were flung into the sea. they came up 'round the wreck, bobbing a while like petrels on the waves. no more seafaring homeward for these, no sweet day of return; the god had turned his face from them. –the odyssey, homer read the passage. then, identify the theme that is supported by the passage. most ships cannot survive a terrible thunderstorm. the ocean is an angry beast that will tame any who try to control it. the gods have the power to control human destiny. men are willing to die to eat the delicious cattle of the gods.