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Unit 9 – Entering Into the 21st Century, 1980–Present
Topic 9.5
What common thread links the Irish potato famine migration of the 1840s to the Dust Bowl exodus of the 1930s?
Both were driven by environmental crises leading to economic instability.
Both situations were resolved through international intervention.
The government provided significant aid for both migration waves.
Both groups predominantly settled in urban areas in the Northeast.
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