Anglo-Irish Relationships 1920 - 1938

Created by the Government of Ireland Act, 1920

• Eire

• Irish Republic

• Northern Ireland

• Taoiseach

Identify two problems de Valera had with the Anglo-Irish Treaty, 1921

• Irish Republic

• Partition

• Irish flag

• Oath of Allegiance

(a)   acknowledged that the 1921 Treaty was akin to his death warrant & was actually shot in 1922

Identify two ways de Valera gained from the Anglo-Irish Agreements, 1938

• £68 million

• End of partition

• New flag

• End of the Treaty Ports

Check two features of the 1937 Constitution

• Irish Republic

• EU membership without Britain

• Special status for the Catholic Church

• Now called Eire

What ended the King's official role in the Free State?

• External Relations Act, 1936

• Government of Ireland, 1920

• 1937 Irish Constitution

• Anglo-Irish Agreements, 1938

• Good Friday Agreement

Identify the answer which does not fit here

• Trade War

• Irish Free State

• Scotland

• Britain

Check two consequences of the Trade War for the Irish Free State

• Trade Surplus

• Trade Deficit

• Farming bankruptcies

• Agricultural diversification

Why did the Trade War start in 1932?

• Michael Collins became Taoiseach

• Britain ran out of coal

• De Valera refused to pay Land Annuities

• De Valera charged extra VAT on British Lamb

(a)   held an election in 1938 to show Northern Ireland still was solidly British