Question

In the 1830s and 1840s nearly half of the four million immigrants to America came from Ireland mainly due to:

• A. Religious persecution.
• B. Political upheaval.
• C. Upheaval due to industrialization in Ireland.
• D. Famine and starvation due to the blight on the potato crop.
• E. Widespread propaganda designed to attract immigrants to America.

Answer 1

The correct option is A Religious persecution.

Religious persecution.