Question

Because of a potato famine in the 1840s,

A.hundreds of thousands of French people came to the United States.
B.over 1 million Americans died from starvation and disease.
C.hundreds of thousands of Irish people came to the United States.
D.over 1 million Spanish people died from starvation and disease.

Answer 1

the answer is c because the irish were who relied on potatoes 

Answer 2

The correct answer is C. Because of a potato famine in the 1840s, hundreds of thousands of Irish people came to the United States.

Step-by-step explanation:

The Great Famine was a period of starvation, disease and mass emigration in Ireland between 1845 and 1849, caused by a plague that affected potato harvests in Europe. Approximately two fifths of the Irish population depended exclusively on the potato for subsistence. During the famine, around one million people died and a million more emigrated from Ireland (mostly to the United States), causing the population of the island to fall by 20% and 25%.