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Unit 1 Section B: Changing Relations, Northern Ireland 1965 to 1998
Quick questions on Hunger strikes and the Anglo-Irish Agreement - CCEA GCSE History
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"The most important consequence of the 1981 hunger strikes was the entry of Sinn Fein into electoral politics. The strikes failed to restore political status, and ten prisoners including Bobby Sands died, but Sands's election as an MP revealed the depth of nationalist sympathy. The republican movement responded with the strategy of the ballot box and the Armalite, building Sinn Fein into a serious electoral force that challenged the SDLP.
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Who was Bobby Sands and what happened to him? [2 marks]
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What did the Anglo-Irish Agreement of 1985 give the Republic? [2 marks]
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Why did the Anglo-Irish Agreement survive unionist protest when Sunningdale had not? [3 marks]
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