WorksheetsGCSE NI Internment
Total questions: 9
Worksheet time: 5mins
What is internment?
Direct Rule
Imprisonment without trial
Imprisonment following a trial
Execution of prisoners
Which NI Prime Minister introduced internment in August 1971?
Terence O'Neill
James Chichester Clark
Brian Faulkner
Ian Paisley
What was the name of the operation that started internment?
Operation Motorman
Operation Curfew
Operation Demetrius
Operation Black
Which party withdrew their members from Stormont in protest at internment?
UUP
Vanguard
Sinn Fein
SDLP
Which of the below was evidence of the problems with internment? Choose three.
Very few PIRA members were interned
Very few people were interned
Nearly 50 British soldiers were killed after its introduction
Support for the PIRA grew substantially
Where were 10 civilians, including a priest, shot and killed during internment raids in August 1971?
Ballymurphy
Andersonstown
Falls Road
Malone Road
When was the first loyalist interned?
1971
1972
1973
1974
Which of these were consequences of internment?
Support for the IRA grew
NICRA began protesting again
Violence and deaths in NI decreased
British Government became frustrated with Faulkner
What event in on 30th January 1972 was a direct consequence of an anti-internment march?
(a)
