The Irish Famine of the 1840s shows that the famine ______.

A. had little to do with a lack of food and more to do with government policies and inaction
B. was wrought from booming populations and the inability to produce enough safe food to match
C. was exacerbated by emigration and loss of life, leading to a labor shortage and inability to harvest crops
D. was inevitable due to specialized dependence on specific crops for food


A. had little to do with a lack of food and more to do with government policies and inaction

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