WorksheetsTopic 6 Northern Ireland GCSE- Towards Closer Co-Operation
Total questions: 14
Worksheet time: 9mins
What two factors forced the British and Irish governments to work together during the 1980s?
The USA placed pressure on the British government to achieve peace?
The IRA was winning
Growing political support for Sinn Fein
Pressure after a number of large scale IRA attacks
Name the British PM who signed the Anglo-Irish Agreement (surname only)
(a)
Name the Irish Taoiseach who signed the Anglo-Irish Agreement (surname only)
(a)
Which group/persons main reason for signing the AIA was security concerns?
Irish Government
Margaret Thatcher
Constitutional Nationalists
What year was the Anglo-Irish Agreement signed?
(a)
Give one political leader who was happy with the Anglo-Irish Agreement
(a)
Which group was likely to describe the Anglo-Irish Agreement as the 'Dublin Diktat'
Nationalists
British Government
Irish Government
Unionists
What did Unionist MPs do in protest at the Anglo-Irish Agreement?
Staged a sit down protest in Westminster
Refused to represent their nationalist constituents
Attacked No. 10 Downing Street, the home of British PM Margaret Thatcher
Resigned from their seats at Westminster
How many votes did unionist candidates win in the January 1986 election
(a)
What was the name of the Loyalist paramilitary group formed in response to the Anglo-Irish Agreement
Ulster Defence Association
Ulster Volunteer Force
Ulster Forever
Ulster Resistance
Loyalist paramilitaries attempted to intimidate which group in response to AIA?
British Government
Unionist MPs
RUC
IRA
Why can the 1986 election be viewed as a 'mixed success' from a unionist point of view?
Sinn Fein made substantial gains at this election
The number of unionist MPs fell from 15 to 14
Unionist voters did not agree with the unionist politicians
How many people are believed to have attended a protest rally against the Anglo-Irish Agreement at Belgast City Hall
1 million
1,500
500,000
100,000
Why did the unionist campaign of opposition fail? Click on 3 answers
The unionist community was not overly concerned with the Anglo-Irish Agreement
Unionist MPs only made up a small fraction of the total number of MPs at Westminster (650 total) and therefore their absence was not really felt
The British government were determined to stick with the agreement
The IRA organised a powerful counter-campaign
Unionist leaders agreed to talk to British ministers again in 1987, therefore marking the end of opposition
