"Discover how the great Irish potato famine affected the country's citizens through gripping personal accounts and striking visuals. Explore the way people's choices and actions affected the disaster through the lens of cause and effect."--
In the mid-1840s, potato blight ruined the crops of impoverished farmers across Ireland. Many families went hungry without their main source of food. Disease struck down people weakened by starvation as the government struggled to address the problem. Would the country ever recover?
To understand the impact of a disaster, you must understand its causes. How did the system of landlords and tenants contribute to the disaster? How did British views of the Irish keep leaders from providing suitable aid? Investigate the disaster from a cause-and-effect perspective and find out!
Details, through the lens of cause and effect, how the great Irish potato famine affected the country and its citizens.