WESTWARD EXPANSION INDUSTRIALIZATION URBANIZATION 1870 1900
SECOND INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION
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a famine that caused a lot of potato crops to die
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a famine that caused a lot of monarchs to die
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a famine that caused a lot of scientists to die
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a famine that caused a lot of animals to die
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Detailed explanation-1: -During the Great Irish Potato Famine (1845 to 1849), around 1, 000, 000people died of starvation in Ireland, and double the number emigrated in search of work.
Detailed explanation-2: -Great Famine, also called Irish Potato Famine, Great Irish Famine, or Famine of 1845–49, famine that occurred in Ireland in 1845–49 when the potato crop failed in successive years. The crop failures were caused by late blight, a disease that destroys both the leaves and the edible roots, or tubers, of the potato plant.
Detailed explanation-3: -The potato late blight pathogen was introduced to Europe in the 1840s and caused the devastating loss of a staple crop, resulting in the Irish potato famine and subsequent diaspora.
Detailed explanation-4: -It decimated Ireland’s population, which stood at about 8.5 million on the eve of the Famine. It is estimated that the Famine caused about 1 million deaths between 1845 and 1851 either from starvation or hunger-related disease. A further 1 million Irish people emigrated.
Detailed explanation-5: -Ireland’s peasants were dependent on potatoes, and it was a major part of their diet. People were so dependent on potatoes that hundreds of thousands died of starvation in the mid-1840s when disease destroyed the potato crop. This tragedy is known as the Great Famine or the Irish Potato Famine.