The Great Hunger

How many people emigrated?

• 3 million

• 1 million

• 10 000

• 100 000

Where did most people emigrate to?

• the UK

• Australia

• the US

• New Zealand

What was Charles Trevelyan responsible for?

• organising a rebellion

• building the ships sailing to America

• growing more potatoes

• organising Famine relief

Trevelyan thought the Famine was...

• a terrible catastrophe that should have been prevented

• God's way of getting rid of excess population

• an English mistake that needed to be fixed

• a curse

Food was exported from Ireland to England during the Famine.

• True

• False

Which was the worst year of the Famine?

• 1851

• 1839

• 1916

• 1847