FIRST CONTACTS 28000 BCE 1821 CE
THE COLUMBIAN EXCHANGE
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Question
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TRUE or FALSE:Slavery is a moral disease that was a product of the Columbian Exchange.
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True
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False
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Economically, the population decrease brought by the Columbian Exchange indirectly caused a drastic labor shortage throughout the Americas, which eventually contributed to the establishment of African slavery on a vast scale in the Americas.
Detailed explanation-2: -Europeans brought deadly viruses and bacteria, such as smallpox, measles, typhus, and cholera, for which Native Americans had no immunity (Denevan, 1976).
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