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Which event was one of the greatest factors that led to massive emigration from Ireland to the United States in the mid-1800s?

A) World War I
B) The Civil War
C) the Irish Potato Famine
D) colonization of the New World


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The Irish Potato Famine
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early irish migration to US was due to political n religious prosecution but in the mid-1800s, it was due to the famine (1845-1849). so ans is C) the Irish Potato Famine

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