Most migrants to the united states during the peak of the 1840s and 1850s came from which part of europe?

Ireland and Germany
   
Explanation: Nearly 4.2 Million people left Europe mostly between 1845 and 1850, the largest immigration in U.S. history. The immigrants were mostly from Ireland and Germany. Roman Catholic peasants left Ireland because of land eviction and also in 1840s due to the famine following the potato blight. The Lutherans, Catholics, and Jews from Germany immigrated to U.S. were a mix of farmers, artisans, professionals, and traders who came to U.S. till the German industrialization created a huge demand for laborers at the homeland.

No we should just pass

River valleys were good places for hunting and fishing.