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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Trevelyan decided that the Irish could be saved via which food?
(a) Soup.
(b) Bread.
(c) Millet.
(d) Rye.

2. How many children did the farmer have helping out in the fields?
(a) 3.
(b) 4.
(c) 6.
(d) 7.

3. What was the new Prime Minister's royal title?
(a) Lord.
(b) Duke.
(c) Baron.
(d) Prince.

4. In what year was the National School System established?
(a) 1838.
(b) 1853.
(c) 1831.
(d) 1814.

5. Farmers were given specific instructions on how to do which of the following:
(a) Rotate crops.
(b) Salvage potatoes.
(c) Grow soybeans.
(d) Destroy the blight seed.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the young man's offense?

2. Who was Nicholas Cummins?

3. How many days in jail might one spend for trespassing?

4. In which county was a 16 year old arrested?

5. Although the United States never officially offered aid, it did send what items?

Short Essay Questions

1. The author states that the potato famine had little to do with the shortage of food. What was the real issue?

2. What was the basic form of the educational system for the farmers' children?

3. What are cash crops? Why were they important to the farmer?

4. Name at least two causes for the poverty in Ireland in the mid-1800s.

5. What were some of the hardships face by the emigrants?

6. New diseases began to plague the people. Describe the new illnesses and how they spread.

7. How did Peel attempt to get the Corn Laws repealed?

8. Explain a typical eviction day.

9. Define the class system of the Irish people. Include the occupations and locations of landowners.

10. How did the British government slow the emigrations to Canada and America?

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