Experts believe that most native americans died of diseases like smallpox, typhoid, or diphtheria in the first decades of contact with european settlers. which statement best explains this phenomenon?
native americans refused medical treatment from europeans.
native americans had never been exposed to those diseases.
native americans were infected on purpose with those diseases.
native americans did not have access to more modern medicine.

Read these lines from "o captain! my captain! ". o the bleeding drops of red, where on the deck my captain lies, fallen cold and dead. how does whitman use the extended metaphor to refer to lincoln’s death? a. whitman compares lincoln’s death to what the death for all the soldiers was like. b. whitman compares lincoln’s death to the loss of one of the army generals. c.whitman compares lincoln’s death to the loss of losing a family member in the war. d. whitman compares lincoln’s tragic death to a captain lying dead on the deck of his ship.