Higher Level sample questions and answers

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Political Developments in 20th Century Ireland
Explain three of the following terms in relation to the War of Independence and the Civil War, 1919-1923: Black and Tans; Flying Columns; Bloody Sunday; The Government of Ireland Act (1920); Dominion Status; Irregular Forces.
(6 marks)

Remember each answer is only worth 2 marks so a short explanation is all that is needed.
The word explain just means to say what they were.

There is no need for analysis here.



Answer (only asked for 3 but I have put 6 down to show you)

The Black and Tans were a force sent to Ireland by the British government to deal with the Irish rebels during the War of Independence.

The Flying Columns were groups into which the Irish rebels organised themselves to fight the guerilla warfare tactics of the War of Independence.

Bloody Sunday was an attack by the Black and Tans on Croke Park. They fired shots into the crowd killing spectators and players. It was a an act of reprisal for the killing of the ‘Cairo gang.’

The Government of Ireland Act (1920) was the British government’s attempt to create a separate Northern Ireland. It proposed to grant some independence to the rest of Ireland.

Dominion Status was the proposal that Ireland would gain the status of a Free State within Britain, while still remaining part of the British empire.

The Irregular Forces were the anti-treaty forces in the Civil War.They fought against the Irish army and were led by Liam Lynch until his death.




Write an account of two of the following:

The achievements of the Cumann na nGaedheal government, 1922-1932
The Economic War, 1932-1938
The War years in Ireland, North and South, 1939-1945
The 1950s in Ireland
Sir Basil Brooke (Lord Brookeborough) or Terence O’Neill
Jack Lynch
(24 marks)


There are 12 marks available here so you must make 6 or 7 valid points.
If in any doubt, always give more rather than less.
A valid point is a fully developed piece of information.



a) The Cumann na nGaedheal government made big economic improvements by overseeing the growth of the Carlow sugar beet factory and the development of the Shannon scheme at Ardnacrusha.

The Cumann na nGaedheal government implemented a new constitution and a court system to bring law and order to newly independent Ireland.

It set up the Garda Siochana as an unarmed police force as well as bringing the Irish army under the control of the Government.

Kevin O’Higgins, the Minister for Justice, brought about a series of Public Safety Acts aimed at controlling lawlessness.

Cumann na nGaedheal asserted Ireland’s new found status as a nation by registering the Treaty as an international agreement and sending a representative to the League of Nations.

Patrick Hogan, the Minister for Agriculture, set up the Agricultural Credit Corporation.

An Electoral Amendment Act was introduced to force Fianna Fail to take their seats in the Dail or face the prospect of losing them.



(d) The 1950s in Ireland

Fianna Fail regained power from the second Inter-Party government in 1951. Eamon de Valera became Taoiseach again.

There was huge unemployment and widespread emigration from Ireland during the 1950's

Politics was defined more on the past records of individuals rather than ability. This contributed to the fact that governments during the 1950's were unstable.

There was a renewal of IRA activity along the border, leading to further government controls.

A second Inter-Party government took over but, despite the efforts of Minister for Finance Gerard Sweetman, it could not improve the situation. Major improvements were also made in the area of health.

A sign of the economic improvements that would characterise the 1960's came with the publication in 1958 of T.K. Whittaker’s first Programme For Economic Development.

Eamon De Valera was elected President in 1959.

[shannon]

miss can you put up a paragraph on the relationship between romeo and juliet?

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Shannon this is a history forum but I will this once give you brief notes on Romeo and Juliet.


Romeo is a passionate, somewhat immature, excitable, intelligent, and moody young man, well-liked and admired throughout Verona. He is loyal to his friends, but he preaches to them all about love. At the beginning of the play, he is depressed over his hopeless unrequited love for Rosaline. In Juliet, Romeo finds a match, someone who feels the passion that he does and he let's this love control him

Juliet, on the other hand, is an innocent girl, a child at the beginning of the play, and is startled by the sudden power of her love for Romeo. Guided by her feelings for him, she develops very quickly into a determined, capable, mature, and loyal woman who will do nothing for her love.
The attraction between Romeo and Juliet is immediate and overwhelming, and neither of the young lovers comments on it they just accept their love at first sight.
Each mentions the other’s beauty, but it seems that destiny, rather than any particular character
trait, has drawn them together.
Their love for one another is so undeniable that neither they nor the audience feels the need to
question or explain it.
They sneak in around behind their families back and get married to prove their strong love for each other. Not even the death if friends and family can stop their love.

They are so blinded with love that they see nothing or no one else. To live in this world without their true love is totally unbearable for them. What at first started out as innocent love turned into heart wrenching tragedy.

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