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AP World History: Modern

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The Potato Famine, also known as the Great Famine or the Great Hunger, refers to a period of severe food shortage and starvation in Ireland from 1845 to 1852. It was caused by a potato blight that destroyed the country's main crop, which was potatoes.

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