Question

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Although scholars debate the exact numbers, in Alvin Josephy’s estimate, the Indian population fell from between 15 and 20 million when the white man first arrived to a fraction of that 150 years later. Undoubtedly, the Indians perished in great numbers. Yet although European enslavement of Indians and the Spanish forced labor system extracted a heavy toll in lives, the vast majority of Indian casualties occurred not as a result of hard labor or deliberate destruction. –from “The Crimes of Christopher Columbus,” Dinesh D'Souza, 1995

Which of the following statements about the effects of the Columbian Exchange can be supported by evidence in this article?

A) Europeans deliberately killed between 15 and 20 million Indians.

B) Europeans committed genocide against Native Americans.

C) Contagious diseases spread to both Europe and the Americas.

D) Tuberculosis was responsible for most Indian deaths.

Answer 1

C) Contagious diseases spread to both Europe and the Americas. would be your answer. Hope this helps :D

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Answer 2

C) Contagious diseases spread to both Europe and the Americas

Step-by-step explanation:

The Columbian Exchange had many positives for both sides of the Atlantic, but unfortunately it had some negatives too. The biggest negatives were the spreading out of diseases. Both in Europe and the Americas, multiple diseases were brought from the other side, and they had devastating effects. The Europeans were affected but not to a degree to become almost extinct, while the Native Americans almost died out totally because of the diseases brought by the Europeans.