The Irish Potato Famine

What is a blight?

• a new way to travel

• plant disease caused by a fungus

• a person from another land

• plant food

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When did the potato famine take place?

• 1945

• 1700s

• 1845

• 1890

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Who owned much of the land in Ireland?

• British landlords

• wealthy Irish people

• poor Irish peasants

• the king of England

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What happened to the potatoes in Ireland during the mid-1800s?

• they became hard like rocks and couldn't be eaten

• they wouldn't grow

• they rotted from the inside out

• they grew normally

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How did the English government help the starving people in Ireland?

• they set up soup kitchens

• they didn't require them to pay taxes

• they didn't help at all

• they they gave them money to buy food

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How much of the Irish population depended on potatoes to survive?

• one tenth

• three-fourths

• one-fourth

• one half

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How were the Irish who came to America treated by people living there?

• they were discriminated against (mistreated)

• they were given free food and a place to live

• they were treated like every one else

• they were told to go home

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What did emigrants, like Annie, have to do to get into America?

• pay a large amount of money

• prove that they already had a job

• pass a health exam

• know someone in America

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Who came with Annie to America?

• two of her brothers

• her mom and a brother

• two of her sisters

• her mom and a sisiter

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