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Practice questionLife in the UK Test
In the middle of the 19th century, what caused a famine in Ireland?
Correct answer
The failure of the potato crop
Why
Much of Ireland's population depended on potatoes, and when the crop failed many people died and many others left Ireland.
Answer choices
- AA war with France
- BA ban on fishing
- CA great fire in Dublin
- DThe failure of the potato crop