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The bar graph shows Ireland’s population from 1841 to 1891.

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A
The population slowly increased.
B
The population dramatically plummeted.
C
The population remained the same.
D
The population decreased, then rose.
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Which best describes what happens during a famine?

A
Farmers prosper.
B
Population grows.
C
People go to war.
D
People lack food.
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The painting is titled Emigrants Leaving Ireland.

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happiness that their family members have escaped the famine
B
sorrow at being separated from their loved ones
C
pleasure that the ship is sailing in good weather
D
anger that they were not allowed to leave along with the others
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A
tenant farmers
B
plantation owners
C
absentee landowners
D
nationalists
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Ever since the 1500s, most people in Ireland have been Catholic, while most people in England have been

A
Protestants.
B
nonbelievers.
C
also Catholics.
D
Jewish.
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What happened to Ireland when British rule came to an end?

A
The entire island became independent.
B
The north remained under British rule.
C
The south remained under British rule.
D
The entire island asked to remain part of the United Kingdom.
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The mural was painted by a nationalist calling for an end to British rule in Northern Ireland.The characteristic of the painting that best reveals the artist’s point of view is the

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sky and telephone wires.
B
color brown.
C
British soldier.
D
sign pointing to London.
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Which was a result of the Rebellion of 1641?

A
The power of the English grew.
B
The Irish converted to Catholicism.
C
The Irish won the respect of the English.
D
Calls for Irish independence were no longer heard.
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British landownership changed Irish society by

A
doing away with all farms.
B
establishing cotton plantations.
C
forcing farmers to grow cash crops.
D
importing enslaved people to work on plantations.
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A system of tenant farming is one in which farmers

A
are treated exactly like enslaved workers.
B
decide what crops they want to grow.
C
rent land from landowners at high prices.
D
grow food to feed themselves.

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