UK Politics (2) Northern Ireland Parties and Politics Flashcards

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Unionism/Loyalism

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A political stance favouring the continued unity of England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland

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2
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Irish Republicanism…

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The movement for an unified and independent Ireland

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3
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The decade in which ‘the troubles’ started in Northern Ireland…

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1960’s

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4
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The community which faced decades of discrimination in Northern Ireland

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Catholic/Nationalist

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5
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British troops were deployed to NI in which year?

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1969

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6
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British troops shot dead 14 unarmed republican anti - internment demonstrators in Derry in !972. It became known as…

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Bloody Sunday

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7
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Until 1998 violence raged between which two groups

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Republicans - largely catholic
Loyalists - largely protestant

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8
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The republican Easter Rising took place in which year?

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1916

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9
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Treaty agreeing the partition of Ireland into the Irish Free State and loyalist Northern Ireland took place in which year?

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1921

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10
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The 1998 agreement which put an end to the vast majority of violence…

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The Good Friday Agreement

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11
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Conflict between pro treaty government and anti treaty treaty Irish Republican Army

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Irish Civil War 1922-23

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12
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Irish republican party founded in 1905 and which split after the Irish Civil War

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Sinn Fein

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13
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During the ‘troubles’ Sinn Fein became seen as the political wing of…

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The Irish Republican Army (IRA)

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14
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Sinn Fein leaders who negotiated with the British government leading to the Good Friday Agreement?

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Gerry Adams and Martin McGuinness

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15
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Sinn Fein ideology and policy

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A left wing socialist party
Refusal to take their seats at Westminster
Economically left wing

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16
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DUP stands for…

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Democratic Unionist Party

17
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The DUP was founded by…

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Reverend Ian Paisley

18
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Explain The DUP attitude to the Good Friday Agreement

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Initially opposed the agreement but eventually agreed to enter the power sharing government

19
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In 2004 which party did the DUP overtake as the largest unionist party?

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The Ulster Unionist Party (UUP)

20
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DUP ideology and policy

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Unionist, populist and euro-sceptic
Socially conservative
Anti LGBTQ+ and abortion rights