Northern Ireland, 1970-79

• Division of a society based on religion

  Sectarianism
• Which Republican paramilitary carried out carried out assassination and bombings?

  Provisional IRA
• Which loyalist paramilitary carried out attacks on Catholics?

  Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF)
• Main unionist party during the Troubles

  Ulster Unionist Party (UUP)
• Leader of the UUP who was removed for supporting the Sunningdale Agreement?


  Brian Faulkner
• Anti-Sunningdale politician who replaced Faulkner as leader of the UUP?

  Harry West
• Imprisonment of suspects without trial

  Internment
• Which group organised a peaceful march through Derry to protest internment in 1972?

  Northern Ireland Civil Rights Association
• In which event did British paratroopers massacre Catholic civillians?

  Bloody Sunday (1972)
• How many civilians died during the 1972 Bloody Sunday massacre?

  26
• Which republican party has historic ties to the IRA?


  Sinn Fein
• Member of the IRA and Sinn Fein MP


  Martin McGuinness
• The governance of Northern Ireland from London?


  Direct rule
• Which unionist party had historic ties to Protestant churches and the UVF (Ulster Volunteer Force)?


  Democratic Unionist Party (DUP)
• Leader of the DUP during the Troubles:

  Ian Paisley
• Non-sectarian political party during the Troubles:

  Alliance Party
• Main nationalist political party during the Troubles:

  Social Democratic Labour Party (SDLP)
• Leader of the SDLP:


  John Hume
• Which agreement established a new power-sharing government for Northern Ireland?

  Sunningdale Agreement
• Which government replaced Stormont in Northern Ireland?

  Northern Ireland Assembly
• Which method of voting did the Northern Ireland Assembly use?

  Proportional representation
• Which organisation would allow the Republic of Ireland to have some input in Northern Ireland?


  Council of Ireland
• Which coalition of unionist political parties aimed to overturn the Sunningdale Agreement?

  United Ulster Unionist Council
• Which strike by unionist workers aimed to overturn the Sunningdale Agreement?


  Ulster Workers' Council Strike
• The failed attempt to get Northern Ireland politicians to create a new constitution:

  Northern Irish Constitutional Convention
• Two bombings carried out by the UVF in 1974:

  Dublin and Monaghan Bombings
• Bombing carried out by the IRA in 1974:

  Birmingham Pub Bombings
• Two methods of protest used by interned nationalists:

  Blanket Protest and Dirty Protest