ni probs

Question 1

what happened dec 1920

Answer 1

government of ireland act

Question 2

what was parliament made up of

Answer 2

commons 52 and senate 26

Question 3

when were the elections for the ni parliament

Answer 3

24 may 1921

Question 4

what were the results of the elections

Answer 4

unionists 40
nationalists - 6
sf - 6

Question 5

who was the first ni prime minster

Answer 5

james craig

Question 6

who was the home secretary for ni

Answer 6

dawson bates

Question 7

who was the minsiter for educations

Answer 7

lord londonderry

Question 8

who was in the ni cabinet

Answer 8

craig
bates
londonderry
pollock
andrews
archdale

Question 9

what happened 17 july 1920

Answer 9

ric smith killed in response to rc shipyards job loss

Question 10

who was killed by the ira august 1920

Answer 10

di swanzy

Question 11

when did the belfast boycott begin

Answer 11

september 1920

Question 12

what was set up october 1920

Answer 12

usc/b specials

Question 13

who met in an unsuccessful meeting 5 may 1921

Answer 13

craig and de valera

Question 14

when did the ni parliament open

Answer 14

7 june 1921

Question 15

when was the local government act

Answer 15

1921

Question 16

what security related event happened on 11 february 1922

Answer 16

clones affray

Question 17

when were 6 schoolgirls killed on weaver street

Answer 17

13 february 1922

Question 18

when were the mcmahon murders

Answer 18

march 1922

Question 19

when did the craig collons pact fail

Answer 19

march 1922

Question 20

when was the special powers act

Answer 20

7 april 1922

Question 21

how many were killed in may 1922

Answer 21

80

Question 22

when does the ruc replace ric

Answer 22

june 1922

Question 23

when was the londonderry education act

Answer 23

1923

Question 24

when was the boundary commission set up

Answer 24

october 1924

Question 25

when did fisher leak the ni gov plans to the press

Answer 25

7 november 1924

Question 26

when did macneill resign

Answer 26

20 november 1924

Question 27

when do nationalists join stormont as official opposition

Answer 27

may 1925

Question 28

when was the tripartite agreement

Answer 28

december 1925

Question 29

what did the local government act do

Answer 29

-abolished pr -rates for votes

Question 30

which commission was in charge of gerrymandering 1922

Answer 30

leech commission

Question 31

3 areas that were gerrymandered

Answer 31

-londonderry -dungannon -lurgan

Question 32

what did gerrymandering do in lurgan

Answer 32

551 votes got unionists 15 seats, 5449 votes got nationalists none

Question 33

how was the senate issue resolved

Answer 33

sf and nationalists abstained so craig had a unionist senate

Question 34

how many catholics were displaced 1920

Answer 34

23,000

Question 35

what did the irish news compare summer 1920 to

Answer 35

a carnival of terrorism

Question 36

what was the clones affray

Answer 36

11 monaghan footballers arrested for planning to help derry 3 escape, b specials ambushed

Question 37

what did the special powers act allow

Answer 37

internment without trial death penalty internment curfew of 11pm

Question 38

what did laffan describe the death of collins as

Answer 38

stroke of good luck

Question 39

what did farrell describe the ni govt policy as

Answer 39

anti catholic pogrom

Question 41

what were the economic problems with traditional industries

Answer 41

shipbuilding, linen, rope works sharply declined unemployment 20% in 1922 westminster had to step in in 1925

Question 42

what was imperial contribution

Answer 42

ni owed £7.9 million colwyn award recommened ni prioritised domestic expenditure and then surplus put toward

Question 43

what were the education problems

Answer 43

rc teachers refused to recognise minister of education 2 tier system insufficient wanted to rationalise costly system

Question 44

what did the 1923 londonderry act do

Answer 44

system free from religious sectarianism under local ea control

Question 45

who refused to join the lynn committee september 1921

Answer 45

archbishop of logue

Question 46

when did craig revise the londonderry act

Answer 46

1925 and permitted biblical instrucation and gave protestant clergy a say in teacher recuitment