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The Great Hunger: A Change For Many

Objectives: 1)Determine the causes of the Great Hunger. 2) Examine the effects of it to both Ireland and the United States.

Answer to Objective: The cause of the Great Hunger was the loss of potatoes as the leaves turned black and rotted due to a fungus spreading to the potatoes. Because potatoes were one of the main food sources in Ireland, many people started to go hungry. It effected Ireland by killing millions, and changed the entire population, because people were leaving to different countries to flee from the famine. It effected the United States because many Irish people emmigrated to the United States for a better life. That might be the reason people here today are of Irish descent.

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This picture explains how people looked when poor, hungry, and couldn't provide for themselves.

Citation for Graphic: "Great Famine (Ireland)." //Wikipedia.org//. MediaWiki, 14 Mar. 2012. Web. 25 Mar. 2012. [].