NICRA, the Derry March and O'Neills 5-Point Plan (Leaving Cert History): Flashcards
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NICRA founding date
NICRA founding date
9 April 1967
NICRA slogan
NICRA slogan
British rights for British citizens
NICRA demand: equal voting
NICRA demand: equal voting
One man, one vote
Gerrymandering
Gerrymandering
Unfair drawing of electoral boundaries favouring Protestants
B-Specials
B-Specials
Part-time police force seen as tool for Protestant control & intimidation
Special Powers Act
Special Powers Act
Law allowing detention without trial
Unionist fear about NICRA
Unionist fear about NICRA
Believed it was a front for IRA
NICRA's peaceful protest inspiration
NICRA's peaceful protest inspiration
Martin Luther King Jr. & US civil rights movement
Caledon Affair year
Caledon Affair year
1968
Nationalist MP in Caledon Affair
Nationalist MP in Caledon Affair
Austin Currie
Derry March date
Derry March date
5 October 1968
Minister who banned Derry March
Minister who banned Derry March
William Craig (Minister for Home Affairs)
Number of demonstrators at Derry March
Number of demonstrators at Derry March
Around 400
O'Neill's reform: complaints body
O'Neill's reform: complaints body
Ombudsman
O'Neill's 5-Point Programme year
O'Neill's 5-Point Programme year
1968