During the Irish potato famine
a. poor agricultural practices prevented the Irish from producing enough food.
b. hunger was largely due to an unwillingness to eat foods that were newly introduced.
c. Ireland was exporting to England enough food to feed 18 million people.
d. All of these are true of the Irish potato famine.
c
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a. True b. False
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