The major factor that pushed Irish immigrants to the United States in the 1840s and 1850s was the __________
A) oppression by the British government
B) decline in the number of jobs in Ireland
C) overpopulation of Ireland
D) great potato famine
E) persecution of Catholics
Answer: D
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