Background to the Troubles
Umbrella term for those who support NI remaining in the UK.
What is a unionist?
Built to improve the infrastructure of NI.
What is the new motorway?
Full name of NICRA.
What is the Northern Ireland Civil Rights Association?
Policies designed to appease Catholics without upsetting Unionists.
What is the Five Point Reform Programme?
Umbrella term for those in NI who wanted a united Ireland.
What is a Nationalist?
A group within Nationalism who support the use of force to defend their country.
What are Republicans?
O'Neill met with this individual to improve relations with the RoI.
Who is Taoiseach Sean Lemass?
Movement that inspired NICRA.
What is the Black Civil Rights movement?
Organisation formed to express their grievances at NICRA's demands not being fully met.
What is the People's Democracy?
Northern Ireland became a state.
What happened in 1921?
The fixing of electoral boundaries to ensure that elections produced Unionist majorities.
What is gerrymandering?
Established in 1965 to encourage overseas companies to invest in NI such as Grundig and ICI.
What is the Ministry of Development?
Slogan devised by NICRA to fight against multiple votes for business owners.
What is 'One Man, One Vote'?
The People's Democracy were ambushed at this place during their 1969 march.
What is Burntollet Bridge?
O'Neill's rival in government.
Who is Brian Faulkner?
Allowed the government to arrest and detain anyone suspected of terrorist activities without trial.
What is the Special Powers Act?
O'Neill met with this spiritual leader of the Irish Catholics.
Who is Cardinal William Conway?
Protestant branch of the RUC that NICRA called to be disbanded.
What is the B Specials?
O'Neill delivered a television speech in which he stated Ulster stands...
Coleraine.
Where was the new university built?
Part of the Irish Constitution that laid claim to the entire island of Ireland.
What are Articles 2 and 3?
Formed by Ian Paisley to encourage Ulster Protestant Volunteers to resist O'Neill's reforms.
What is the Ulster Constitution Defence Committee?
Set up to investigate the violence that resulted from NICRA's marches.
What is the Cameron Commission?
The Londonderry Corporation was replaced with this organisation to tackle gerrymandering.
What is the Development Commission?
What did O'Neill give to the Belfast Mater Hospital?