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Why did the ruined potato crop cause massive illness and starvation in Ireland?
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∙ 6y ago
It was called the potato blight. It can affect mass amounts of potatoes, and tomatoes too. It causes them to grow with soft mushy looking spots on them. Basically they would look and smell rotten.
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∙ 11y ago
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What did people die from in the potato famine?
Starvation, illness, suicide, murder, old age.
Ireland suffered a massive famine when a plant disease killed the crop?
potato
In the 1840's where did most of the immigrants to the US come from?
Germany, Ireland, China, Mexico, and Britain
Where were the main countries the Irish went to during potato famine?
Ireland suffered the potato famine.It is know to the Irish as the Great Hunger, it was a period of mass starvation, disease, and emigration in Ireland between 1845 and 1852.It was caused when potato crop's failed, due to blight, a disease that destroys both the leaves and the edible roots, or tubers, of the potato plant.
What was the Irish flee of hunger?
The Irish Famine, also known as the Great Famine or the Irish Potato Famine, occurred from 1845 to 1852. It was a period of mass starvation and disease in Ireland due to the failure of the potato crop, which was a staple food for the Irish population. The famine resulted in the deaths of approximately one million people and caused widespread emigration from Ireland.
What nation suffered a massive potato famine in the nineteenth century?
Ireland suffered a massive potato famine. Many were very poor farmers and did not have anything else to eat. This was caused by a fungus called the potato blight. Thousands died by starvation and many more came to the USA.
What did people die from in the potato famine?
Starvation, illness, suicide, murder, old age.
What caused the population of Ireland to fall by two million in just a decade?
the great potato famine killed one million people and a million emigrated from Ireland from 1845-1852. losing 20-25 percent of its population
What country suffer massive potato famine iln 19th century?
Ireland.
Ireland suffered a massive famine when a plant disease killed the crop?
potato
What is damage of potato famine in Ireland?
The potato late blight caused the Irish potato crops to fail and rot in the fields. This led to what became known as the Great Famine or the Great Hunger, during which there was mass starvation. Starvation and disease, forced many Irish people to emigration from Ireland between 1845 and 1852.
What sad event in the history of 19th-century Ireland?
The famine, which was caused by potato reducing Ireland's population by millions through death from starvation and emigration.
Which event made one million Irish people leave Ireland in the mid-1800?
The Irish Potato Famine
Why did more than 1.5 million Irish people migrate to the United states between 1846 and 1860?
Mass starvation, disease and emigration in Ireland between 1845 and 1852, occurred during the Great Famine (known as the Potato Famine outside of Ireland), when potato blight devastated the Irish staple potato crop.
In the 1840's where did most of the immigrants to the US come from?
Germany, Ireland, China, Mexico, and Britain
Where were the main countries the Irish went to during potato famine?
Ireland suffered the potato famine.It is know to the Irish as the Great Hunger, it was a period of mass starvation, disease, and emigration in Ireland between 1845 and 1852.It was caused when potato crop's failed, due to blight, a disease that destroys both the leaves and the edible roots, or tubers, of the potato plant.
What was the Irish flee of hunger?
The Irish Famine, also known as the Great Famine or the Irish Potato Famine, occurred from 1845 to 1852. It was a period of mass starvation and disease in Ireland due to the failure of the potato crop, which was a staple food for the Irish population. The famine resulted in the deaths of approximately one million people and caused widespread emigration from Ireland.
