Question

What was the Black Plague?

Answer 1

Answer:

The Black Death, also known as the Pestilence, the Great Bubonic Plague, the Great Plague or the Plague, or less commonly the Great Mortality or the Black Plague, was the most devastating pandemic recorded in human history, resulting in the deaths of an estimated 75 to 200 million people in Eurasia, peaking in Europe from 1347 to 1351. The bacterium Yersinia pestis, which results in several forms of plague (septicemic, pneumonic and, the most common, bubonic), is believed to have been the cause. The Black Death was the first major European outbreak of plague and the second plague pandemic. The plague created a number of religious, social and economic upheavals, with profound effects on the course of European history.

Answer 2

Answer:

A very deadly disease that killed thousands.

Explanation:

This was a disease affected many people in the 1800's. It is thought to be spread by rats. it was very deadly, and drastic measures were used to contian is.