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Unit 1 Section B: Changing Relations, Northern Ireland 1965 to 1998

Quick questions on Internment, Bloody Sunday and direct rule - CCEA GCSE History

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What is model consequence paragraph?
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"The gravest consequence of internment was the collapse of nationalist trust in the state. Because the August 1971 operation detained almost only nationalists without trial, often the wrong people on poor intelligence, and was followed by reports of ill-treatment, communities saw it as collective punishment. The intended result, breaking the IRA, failed; the unintended result, a surge in IRA recruitment and a hardening of attitudes, mattered far more.
What is q1?
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When was internment introduced and what was wrong with it? [3 marks]
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What happened on Bloody Sunday? [2 marks]
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What happened to the government of Northern Ireland in March 1972? [2 marks]

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