Based on this graph, it can be inferred that the greatest factor contributing to the high percentage of Irish immigrants to the United States during the mid-nineteenth century was __________
A) greater economic opportunities in the United States
B) religious persecution by the Protestant English
C) failure of the Irish potato crop
D) political upheaval resulting in mistreatment of liberal intellectuals
C
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a. Imperial Japan and its sun goddess. b. French Empire ruled by Louis XIV "The Sun King". c. United States expansion across the Pacific. d. China and its Mandate of Heaven. e. the British Empire.