LC History - The Outbreak of the Troubles - Civil Rights

In what city was NICRA founded?

• Belfast

• Derry

• Coleraine

• Dublin

Which of these was NOT a demand of the NICRA?

• An end to the B Specials

• No gerrymandering

• Fairer distribution of council houses

• Terence O'Neill must resign

In what town did Austin Currie squat in a house illegally?

• Coleraine

• Caledon

• Derry

• Coalisland

A civil rights march involving 2,500 people marched from Coalisland to what other Northern Irish town?

• Derry

• Dungannon

• Belfast

• Coleraine

Name the Minister for Home Affairs in Northern Ireland in 1968.

• William Craig

• Austin Currie

• Terence O'Neill

• Gerry Fitt

Who was Harold Wilson?

• British Prime Minister

• Northern Irish Prime Minister

• Minister for Home Affairs

• Leader of the University for Derry campaign

Name this man.

• Austin Currie

• Terence O'Neill

• Gerry Fitt

• Ian Paisley

Name the new civil rights student protest group created in 1968.

• People's Democracy

• NAACP

• NICRA

• University for Derry

Which of these was NOT one of Terence O'Neill's five points to solve the crisis in Northern Ireland?

• 'One man, one vote' would be considered

• Special Powers Act would be suspended

• Londonderry Corporation would be dissolved

• The B Specials would be disbanded

Which of these statements about the violence at Burntollet Bridge are true? (Select TWO)

• The protest was attacked by the B Specials

• The protest route passed through loyalist areas

• The attacked occurred in 1968

• The protest was led by John Hume