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Flashcards by Paris McCrory, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Paris McCrory
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| Question | Answer |
| High Population | A growing population caused a famine to occur because as the population grew more food had to be produced and because people got married at such a young age the population increased quite quickly |
| Subdivision Of Land | Two acres into halves, as they only needed a small amount of land to liveIreland in the 1800’s was mostly farmed but not in the traditional way. A family of 4 would divide two acres into halves and so on, as they only needed a small amount to live. |
| Dependence On The Potato | Most people in Ireland in the 1800’s only ate the potato. On average a person ate 75lbs of potatoes per day and even a quite small plot of land could grow enough potatoes for most of the year. |
| Chronology Of The Famine | 1845 - Famine begins. One third of the potato crop was destroyed 1847 - Black 47 1850 - The famine appeared to be over. |
| Relief Measures - Soup Kitchens | After stopping Public Work schemes Trevelyn suggested a new plan - local rate payers would provide soup kitchens to feed the starving. The landlords did not wish to encourage the use of these because they had to pay for them, so they made them as unappealing as possible These were quite a good relief measure in general they worked well and do what they were supposed to do but if you didn’t get there in time and ended up at he back of the line there was a possibility you wouldn’t get anything. |
| Relief Measures - Workhouses | This was the least effective Relief Measure that the government instated, due to the overcrowding and other horrible conditions sickness was rampant however it did provide shelter and food for those who needed it, most people only went to workhouses as a last resort. |
| Relief Measures - Public Works | Public Works was another Relief measure which wasn’t as effective as the government had hoped, it gave people money and purpose, but they’d have to wait weeks to be paid and by then they could be dead and even if they did survive until they were payed they were only payed for the amount of work they did meaning sometimes they couldn’t even afford food after. |
| Relief Measures - Private Charities | Private Charities were by far the most effective relief method, the charities doing this donated both food and seeds so that the Irish could plant their own crops, they also donated nets for fishermen, The Society of friends sent £200,000 the equivalent of £30 million today, Native Americans sent £710 the equivalent of £100,000 this was all they had. |
| Eviction | Families were evicted when they did not pay their rent. The Wreckers came with a 2 pronged crowbar to evict you. Houses were wrecked to prevent you from returning. Landlords wanted to get rid of the small farmers. |
| Emigration | Kind landlords paid for your ticket. The journey to America lasted 5 weeks onboard a coffin ship. When the emigrants reaches their destination the locals didn’t want them there. |
| Population Decline | As a direct consequence of the famine, Ireland's population fell from almost 8.4 million in 1844 to 6.6 million by 1851. About 1 million people died and perhaps 2 million more eventually emigrated from the country |
| Consolidation of Land | Landlords that are in debt sell their land. The number of larger holdings increase. Cottier farmers die out. |
| Hatred of the British. | After the famine had ended many of the Irish hated the British due to the fact that the British Government had hardly helped them at all besides from soup kitchens which the government didn’t even pay for, in the eyes of the Irish the government was more concerned about money than them. |
| Keywords | Laissez Faire - The policy of leaving things to take their own course, without interfering. Census - An official count or survey, especially of a population. Trevelyn - A Civil Servant who helped bring about workhouses and public works to Ireland during the famine. Robert Peel - The man who founded British Policing. |
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