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They used potatoes as their basic food. That's why a lot of them had to flee away when there was the insufficiency of them.
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∙ 14y agoA storm that destroyed Potato farms for 5 years.
Diversity is key in pretty much any venture. The famine was cause because there was only a single variety of potatoes and a single strain killed them all.
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∙ 10y agoMass starvation (leading to deaths) and mass migration of the populace to other countries (mainly the US).
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∙ 13y agoThe Main reason is because of Potato Blight
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∙ 12y agothe answer lies in the question POTATO IS ONE OF THE MAIN CROPS (RICE IS TOO) they were living on potato's basically that's why :)
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∙ 9y ago1000s of people died during the potato famine in Ireland, so many Irish people immigrated to America looking for a better life.
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∙ 9y agoMany people starved and died. Many people left Ireland and went to other countries. Ireland's population was greatly reduced.
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The caused many Irish people to immigrate to the US?
Potato Famine
Which event made one million Irish people leave Ireland in the mid-1800?
The Irish Potato Famine
What was worse. the Jewish holocaust or the Irish potato famine?
personally, i think the potato famine was absolutely worse than the Jewish holocaust.... the potato famine killed a million irish people.
What caused an Irish exodus and the US during the 19th century?
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Where did most of the Irish immigrants who came to the US following the potato famine of the 1840s?
The Irish immigrated because of the Irish Potato Famine in 1845
The Potato Famine was responsible for thousands of?
irish
What was affected by the Irish Famine?
The potato crop.
The Irish potato famine was caused by an organism that belongs to which group?
The Irish Potato Famine was caused by Phytophthora infestans: fungus-like eukaryotic organisms.
How did the changes of the Great Irish Potato Famine affect religion?
The changes of the Great Irish Potato Famine affected religion by causing the Protestants to view the famine as a punishment. They then pushed the Protestant religion on the Irish Catholic people.
Why did the Irish immigrate?
the Irish immigrated because of the great potato famine
What was the variety of potato that Irish potato farmers grew during the potato famine?
Lumpers. ... until the crop was affected by blight which destroyed the crops and then there were none. That's why it it ended in the Irish crisis called the potato famine.
What is the length of the Irish potato famine?
There have been two; The lesser known Irish Famine 1740-1741 & The Great Famine 1845-1852.
