United KingdomHistory 107 · History
What caused the famine in Ireland in the mid-1840s?
- aThe potato crop failed because of a plant diseaseCorrect answer
- bA long war with France stopped all trade
- cFloods destroyed the wheat harvest for ten years
- dFishing was banned around the Irish coast
Why?
Potatoes were the main food of many Irish people, and a disease destroyed the crop. About a million people died and many more emigrated.
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