1965-71

Question 1

How much did PM O’Neill invest in the NI economy in the 1960s?

Answer 1

£900 million

Question 2

Name a foreign investor in NI’s economy during this period.

Answer 2

Michelin, Grundig, or DuPont

Question 3

How many jobs had been lost in traditional industries such as shipbuilding and linen?

Answer 3

20,000

Question 4

Which Taoiseach visited Stormont in January 1965?

Answer 4

Sean Lemass

Question 5

When was NICRA established?

Answer 5

January 1967

Question 6

Who replaced Terence O’Neill as Prime Minister in 1969?

Answer 6

James Chichester-Clark

Question 7

What was set up in response to the Burntollet Bridge incident?

Answer 7

The Cameron Commission

Question 8

Where did the first ever NICRA march go from?

Answer 8

Coalisland to Dungannon

Question 9

How did the Dublin government respond to the summer of violence in 1969?

Answer 9

They sent an intelligence officer to NI

Question 10

Why did the building of a second university in Coleraine attract criticism from Nationalists?

Answer 10

Londonderry was the second biggest city and had a larger Catholic population - the university should’ve been built there

Question 11

On what date were British troops first deployed to the streets of NI during the Troubles?

Answer 11

15th August 1969

Question 12

Name the role NICRA wanted to create for a formal complaints procedure against local authorities.

Answer 12

Ombudsman

Question 13

Name a group that helped form and support NICRA.

Answer 13

Catholic/Nationalist community, Protestant liberals, trade unionists, NI labour Party

Question 14

Name two prominent unionists who opposed O’Neill.

Answer 14

Brian Faulkner & Harry West

Question 15

How did O’Neill’s Five Point Reform Programme deal with housing issues?

Answer 15

It pledged to introduce a points-based system for allocating houses