The Troubles in Northern Ireland

Key terms and concepts from the Troubles in Northern Ireland.

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Hint	Answer
1920 act that partitioned Ireland into two states	Government of Ireland
Most Protestants were ________	Unionist
Most Catholics were ___________	Nationalist
Drawing electoral boundaries to ensure one side would always win	Gerrymandering
A major problem among Catholics in Northern Ireland was ____________	Unemployment
Protestant armed police force	Royal Ulster Constabulary
Its part-time special units, known for violence against Catholics	B-Specials
City bombed during World War II	Belfast
British Labour leader after World War II	Clement Attlee
Northern Ireland was now part of the _______ state	Welfare
1963 Prime Minister of Northern Ireland	Terence O'Neill
'Build _______ between our two communities'	Bridges
The above created 65,000 new ____ for Catholics	Jobs
Taoiseach who met with the above in 1965	Seán Lemass
Protestant leader	Brian Faulkner
Reverend who became Prime Minister in 1971	Ian Paisley
The above was of the Free ____________ Church	Presbyterian
'O'Neill Must __', the above's campaign	Go
Northern Ireland _____ ______ Association, formed in 1967	Civil Rights
'_______ Rights for _______ Citizens', the above's policy	British
The above's American inspiration, who led the Civil Rights Movement	Martin Luther King
Became Prime Minister in April 1969	James Chichester-Clark
Protestant organisation whose marches often led to violence	Apprentice Boys
Battle of the _______	Bogside
The use of fear and violence to change society or government policy	Terrorism
___________ IRA, who broke off from their Dublin-based command	Provisional

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Political wing of the above	Sinn Féin
Leader of the above from the mid-1980's	Gerry Adams
Ulster _________ Force	Volunteer
Ulster _______ Association	Defence
A Unionist who uses or supports violence	Loyalist
Social __________ and Labour Party	Democratic
First leader of the above	Gerry Fitt
Leader who came after the aboce	John Hume
Democratic ________ Party	Unionist
The arrest and imprisonment of people without trial	Internment
Nickname of 30 January 1972	Bloody Sunday
_____-_______ government, where Nationalists and Unionists governed together	Power-Sharing
Agreement of 1973	Sunningdale
_______ of Ireland, set up by the above	Council
Ulster _______' Council	Workers
Staging large-scale attack on the British mainland	Spectaculars
__________ Pub Bombings of 1974	Birmingham
Irish capital, bombed in 1974	Dublin
Northern town also bombed then	Monaghan
IRA prisoners demanded _________ status	Political
Form of strike prisoners took part in	Hunger
1985 agreement between FitzGerald and Margaret Thatcher	Anglo-Irish
December 1993 declaration	Downing Street
Agreement of 1998	Good Friday
Surrendering of weapons	Decommissioning