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LC History - The Outbreak of the Troubles - Civil Rights

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

In what city was NICRA founded?

a)

Belfast

b)

Derry

c)

Coleraine

d)

Dublin

2.

Which of these was NOT a demand of the NICRA?

a)

An end to the B Specials

b)

No gerrymandering

c)

Fairer distribution of council houses

d)

Terence O'Neill must resign

3.

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

a)

Coleraine

b)

Caledon

c)

Derry

d)

Coalisland

4.

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

a)

Derry

b)

Dungannon

c)

Belfast

d)

Coleraine

5.

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

a)

William Craig

b)

Austin Currie

c)

Terence O'Neill

d)

Gerry Fitt

6.

Who was Harold Wilson?

a)

British Prime Minister

b)

Northern Irish Prime Minister

c)

Minister for Home Affairs

d)

Leader of the University for Derry campaign

7.

Name this man.

a)

Austin Currie

b)

Terence O'Neill

c)

Gerry Fitt

d)

Ian Paisley

8.

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

a)

People's Democracy

b)

NAACP

c)

NICRA

d)

University for Derry

9.

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

a)

'One man, one vote' would be considered

b)

Special Powers Act would be suspended

c)

Londonderry Corporation would be dissolved

d)

The B Specials would be disbanded

10.

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

a)

The protest was attacked by the B Specials

b)

The protest route passed through loyalist areas

c)

The attacked occurred in 1968

d)

The protest was led by John Hume