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Following this event, a demand for the “three Fs” was issued by the Tenant Right League. The Choctaw Nation remarkably raised thousands (15[1])of dollars in aid during this (15[2])event. (15[1])Charles (15[1])Trevelyan (15[2])was blamed for his laissez-faire response to this event. Many immigrants fleeing this event boarded overcrowded (*) “coffin ships” (10[1])for passage across (10[2])the Atlantic. (10[1])Robert Peel repealed the Corn Laws in order to alleviate this event which was caused by a blight of phytophthora infestans. For 10 points, named this 1840s event that killed over a million people in Ireland by decimating a certain crop. ■END■

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