Question
Each answer option includes a claim and supporting evidence.
Which answer option includes an assumption as well as supporting evidence?
A
Diseases happen in many places and spread quickly; The Black Death, originating in Central Asia, killed 40 percent or more of the European people — some 50 million souls — in the brief period of 1346 to 1353.
B
The heroism of Columbus is important to America; Columbus was much admired by our founders. The District of Columbia carries his name. The Christopher Columbus Transcontinental Highway (Interstate 10) symbolically links the U.S. from sea to sea — and to the Admiral of the Ocean Seas.
C
Native Americans endured centuries of discrimination; California’s political leaders in the 1850s made no secret of their desire to exterminate the area’s native inhabitants. State legislators funded anti-Indian militias.
D
The origins of Columbus Day are widely misunderstood; It wasn’t created to celebrate colonial domination at all but was designated as a federal holiday in the 1934 after a campaign by Italian-Americans and Catholics, who were then targets of ethnic and religious discrimination, to help establish their place in U.S. history.
Which answer option includes an assumption as well as supporting evidence?
A
Diseases happen in many places and spread quickly; The Black Death, originating in Central Asia, killed 40 percent or more of the European people — some 50 million souls — in the brief period of 1346 to 1353.
B
The heroism of Columbus is important to America; Columbus was much admired by our founders. The District of Columbia carries his name. The Christopher Columbus Transcontinental Highway (Interstate 10) symbolically links the U.S. from sea to sea — and to the Admiral of the Ocean Seas.
C
Native Americans endured centuries of discrimination; California’s political leaders in the 1850s made no secret of their desire to exterminate the area’s native inhabitants. State legislators funded anti-Indian militias.
D
The origins of Columbus Day are widely misunderstood; It wasn’t created to celebrate colonial domination at all but was designated as a federal holiday in the 1934 after a campaign by Italian-Americans and Catholics, who were then targets of ethnic and religious discrimination, to help establish their place in U.S. history.
Answers
GPT 3.5
D
The origins of Columbus Day are widely misunderstood; It wasn’t created to celebrate colonial domination at all but was designated as a federal holiday in the 1934 after a campaign by Italian-Americans and Catholics, who were then targets of ethnic and religious discrimination, to help establish their place in U.S. history.
The origins of Columbus Day are widely misunderstood; It wasn’t created to celebrate colonial domination at all but was designated as a federal holiday in the 1934 after a campaign by Italian-Americans and Catholics, who were then targets of ethnic and religious discrimination, to help establish their place in U.S. history.