ABOD (DBQ)

Question 1

what do ulster protestants believe they have?

Answer 1

a distinctive cultural identity

Question 2

what became a crucial element of their cultural identity?

Answer 2

the annual marches

Question 3

what did the annual marches become?

Answer 3

a crucial element of their cultural identity

Question 4

what did the ABOD march of August 12th 1969 lead to?

Answer 4

the Battle of the Bogside

Question 5

What become the focal point of Catholic misgivings about their mistreatment as second-class citizens?

Answer 5

the ABOD

Question 6

what is seen by many as the start of the troubles?

Answer 6

the Battle of the Bogside

Question 7

what began in 1688?

Answer 7

the jacobite-Williamite war

Question 8

when did the Jacobite-Williamite war begin?

Answer 8

1688

Question 9

where did protestants from across Ulster take refuge during the war?

Answer 9

in the walled city of Derry

Question 10

who ordered the protestants to open let his troops in?

Answer 10

James’ army commander

Question 11

what did 13 Apprentice boys shout?

Answer 11

“no surrender”

Question 12

what did the 13 Apprentice boys do?

Answer 12

they locked the gates of Derry against the advancing army

Question 13

what happened when the army commander ordered the protestants to let his troops in?

Answer 13

the city’s leaders debated

Question 14

how long did the siege last?

Answer 14

105 days

Question 15

how many protestants died over the course of the siege?

Answer 15

over 4000

Question 16

what did the protestants die of?

Answer 16

either starvation or disease

Question 17

what has always held a special place in the hearts of Unionists?

Answer 17

the endurance and fortitude of Derry’s citizens during the siege of Derry and the annual commemorations held there

Question 18

for decades their commemorations did what?

Answer 18

passed off peacefully

Question 19

when did tensions begin to rise?

Answer 19

from the mid 1960s

Question 20

what was the cause of these rising tensions in the mid 1960s?

Answer 20

grievances of Derry’s Catholics growing

Question 21

what did the siting of Northern Ireland’s second university in Coleraine rather than Derry confirm in the minds of many?

Answer 21

the so-called ‘West of the Bann’ policy

Question 22

what was also a grave injustice? (2 details)

Answer 22

-the gerymandering unionist majority on Derry city council
-unemployment was highest in the Catholic Bogside of the city

Question 23

correspondingly, what was also a concern to Unionists?

Answer 23

the growth of NICRA

Question 24

what did Unionist fear for as a result of the growth of NICRA?

Answer 24

the status quo in their “sacred” city

Question 25

what was there once again?

Answer 25

a sense of Unionists under siege

Question 26

what was evidence of Unionist being under siege?

Answer 26

the banning of a Civil Rights march in October 1968

Question 27

did the civil rights marches still go ahead?

Answer 27

yes

Question 28

who captured the scenes of the illegal marches?

Answer 28

RTE cameraman Gay O brien

Question 29

where was the footage seen of the illegal marches?

Answer 29

all around the world

Question 30

what did the footage of the marches show?

Answer 30

showed peaceful civil rights protesters being beaten with batons and kicked by police officers

Question 31

who organised a march from Belfast to Derry?

Answer 31

The People's democracy movement

Question 32

when did the People's Democracy Movement organise the march from Belfast to derry?

Answer 32

New Year's day 1969

Question 33

what did the People's Democracy Movement organising the march from Belfast to derry do?

Answer 33

further intensified tensions

Question 34

what happened on the fourth day of the People's Democracy march?

Answer 34

the peaceful protesters were attacked with sticks and stones by a loyalist mob

Question 35

where were the peaceful protesters attacked (People's Democracy)?

Answer 35

Burntollet Bridge outside Derry

Question 36

did the RUC do anything?

Answer 36

No

Question 37

who died in the lead up to the Apprentice Boys march?

Answer 37

Catholic Sammy Devenney

Question 38

what did Sammy Devenney die as a result of?

Answer 38

injuries from a RUC beating in April

Question 39

what did Residents vow to do?

Answer 39

not allow the RUC into the Bogside ever again

Question 40

what did the Apprentice boys throw from the walls onto the bogside?

Answer 40

pennies

Question 41

what did young catholics retaliate with?

Answer 41

stones and petrol bombs

Question 42

what ensued between police and nationalists?

Answer 42

a riot

Question 43

what did RUC do once the young catholics retaliated with petrol bombs and stones?

Answer 43

they charged into the Bogside

Question 44

who were called in to relieve the exhausted police?

Answer 44

The B specials

Question 45

after 4 days of rioting, what had happened?

Answer 45

-7 people had died (5 catholic) - 180 premises burnt out (mostly catholic owned)

Question 46

what did the British Government do when riots across the North?

Answer 46

they sent troops in to restore law and order, to protect nationalists and to keep the peace

Question 47

what is the Battle of the Bogside seen by most experts as?

Answer 47

the day the Troubles began