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What was one of the main reasons that large numbers of Irish moved to the United States in the 1840s?
There was a widespread outbreak of the flu virus in Ireland.
There was a war going on at that time in Ireland.
Ireland’s potato crop failed due to a disease.
Ireland was very overpopulated at that time.

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Ireland’s potato crop failed due to a disease. The mid-1840s potato blight (the Great Famine) caused mass starvation and drove many Irish to emigrate to the United States.