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Indigenous Rights Unit Test
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Use the passage from the story titled “Rethinking a Holiday” to answer the question.

Rethinking a Holiday

Columbus Day has been an official U.S. holiday since 1937. But some people question celebrating Christopher Columbus’s arrival in the “New World.”

That’s because of what followed that “discovery.” News of Columbus’s voyages spread across Europe. It began the Age of Exploration. It led to many more transatlantic journeys from Europe to the Americas. Contact between the Europeans and and native people led to deadly conflicts. It also exposed the local inhabitants to European diseases. Native people had no natural immunity to those illnesses. Nor did they understand how the diseases traveled. Their efforts to flee from places filled with dying people ended up spreading the diseases.

Which reason does the author use to support the point that celebrating Columbus Day is questionable because of the events that followed Columbus’s arrival?

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Columbus’s voyages became news across Europe.
Columbus’s voyages became news across Europe.

The native people were exposed to diseases brought by the Europeans.
The native people were exposed to diseases brought by the Europeans.

The Age of Exploration began as a result of Columbus’s voyages.
The Age of Exploration began as a result of Columbus’s voyages.

Many more journeys occurred between Europe and the Americas.
Many more journeys occurred between Europe and the Americas.
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Answer 1

The reason that the author uses to support the point that celebrating Columbus Day is questionable due to the events that followed Columbus's arrival is:

**The native people were exposed to diseases brought by the Europeans.**

This response highlights the negative consequences of Columbus's arrival and emphasizes the impact it had on the native populations, which is central to the author's argument.