GCSE Topic 2: The Campaign for Civil Rights

Who were NICRA inspired by? Click two answers

• Student protests in France

• US civil rights campaigners

• IRA violence

• The government in Britain

Each eligible citizen of Northern Ireland being able to vote once was known as

Gerrymandering was

• the campaign to achieve equal rights in the allocation of house

• A 1960s rock band from Derry

• the manipulation of electoral boundaries to suit the unionist majority

• A policy that meant the RUC in Northern Ireland remainded majority protestant

Give an example of a place in Northern Ireland where gerrymandering occurred

What does the abbreviation NICRA stand for

Click on any groups that were likely to support NICRA's campaign

• Liberal Unionists

• Hardline unionists like Ian Paisley

• Middle class catholics who had been the first to benefit from a university education

• The Northern Ireland government

• The RUC

A more radical group than NICRA that was also campaigning for civil rights was known as...

Where did an ambush of civil rights marchers occur in January 1969

Why did Terence O'Neill call an election for 24th February 1969

• He wanted to increase the number of unionist politicians

• He believed Northern Ireland to be at a crossroads

• He had to call an election every 5 years

• He was threatened by NICRA

What was the name of the cabinet member in Northern Ireland who resigned in 1969, claiming that O'Neill was too weak

• Ian Paisley

• Gerry Adams

• Lord Brookeborough

• Brian Faulkner