One result of the contact between europeans and american indians was the spread of disease. which statement best describes the effect disease had on european and american indian populations?
a. the population in europe drastically declined due to exposure to american indian diseases.
b. europeans and american indians were equally affected by outbreaks of disease in the new world.
c. american indian populations were decimated by diseases brought by the europeans.
d. many europeans who came to north and south america died from american indian diseases.

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Why did the federal government choose to give each tribal member a 25-year deed to the reservation land? this was the life expectancy of native americans at this time, and the government wished to grant rights for only a single generation. they considered this to be enough time to keep the area calm before they could take the land back again for sale. the united states government believed that the nutrients from the land would be depleted by the end of the deed. the government believed this would be enough time for the tribal members to become self-reliant and adapt to the farming lifestyle.