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6. What did many Catholics turn to after feeling unsafe?

  • Britain
  • IRA
  • Marches
  • Murders

7. What happened in 1971?

  • The policy of Internment was introduced
  • Marches in Derry
  • The first battalion of the parachute regiment moved in on barricades
  • Catholics and Protestant mobs began a war

8. The Saville enquiry of 1997 cost £200 million and took 12 years to reach a verdict but what was the verdict?

  • Tribunal confirms victims were innocent, and that British soldiers deliberately lied and attempted to cover up what happened.
  • The events on bloody Sunday cannot be clearly established however, the protesters fired the first shot but the army were still out of line.
  • The vistims were innocent however the British soldiers, who acted against orders were to blame the army were not to blame.
  • Tribunal confirms that some of the victims were innocent, and that British soldiers deliberately lied and attempted to cover up what happened.

9. After this a trial was held only 10 weeks later. What story did the troops maintain?

  • the dead men were all IRA activists who were shooting aimlessly at the crowd
  • They were shot at first
  • They were at fault
  • They were only obeying orders

10. After bloody Sunday the IRA retaliated but how?

  • They bombed the 1 PARA base in Britain claiming many cassulties
  • They took troops as hostages
  • They attacked the 1 PARA base in Britain homeland and killed kitchen staff, a priest and a gardener
  • They set off mail bombs at the 1 PARA troops

11. What was the overall conclusion of the trial?

  • The march was always intended as a mob strike. The troops acted bravely in the situation
  • no deaths would have occurred if the march had not taken place. Concluded each soldier had to react individually and quickly if they saw a gunman.
  • The troops did not kill any innocent people.
  • It was the fault of only Catholic and Protestant mobs.

12. The 1960s movement for inequalities was against the Catholic versus Protestant violence. In January of 1969, Catholic organised marchers were attacked by protestants, but were?

  • The Bogside march
  • Battle of Bogside
  • Battle of Burnthall at Bridge
  • The Derry march

13. What event might be described as the start of a violent cycle?

  • The Derry March
  • The Battle of Burnthall at Bridge
  • The Battle of Bogside
  • the 1960s Civil rights movement

14. The 1 PARA troops were stationed to divert the marchers. What casualties occurred during the march?

  • 13 dead men
  • 17 injured
  • 13 dead unarmed men, 17 injured
  • 13 dead mean including 1 soldier and 17 injured

15. Who mainly made up the attackers at the battle of Burnthall at Bridge, making the Catholics feel very unsafe?

  • Off-duty police officers
  • Radical youth
  • The IRA
  • The first battalion of the parachute regiment

16. After this the Widgery tribunal recieved over 700 witnesses but only a few were listened to, how many?

  • 117 including doctors priests etc
  • 300 including doctors priests etc
  • 72 including doctors priests etc
  • 164 including doctors priests etc