Which of the Following Is Not True About the Irish

question 47

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is not true about the Irish Famine?

• A)The English government did all it could to mitigate the suffering of the Irish people.
• B)While potatoes crops were decimated by late blight,cereal crops were unaffected.
• C)More than a million Irish left Ireland;most went to the United States.
• D)The Penal Laws made it more difficult for Irish Catholics to succeed as land-owners.
• E)One response to the Poor Law Extension Act was the eviction of Irish tenants from their homes.

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