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WorksheetsLC History - The Outbreak of the Troubles - Civil Rights
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
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
