REVISION 1. How did de Valera remove the oath from the Irish Constitution?
2. Why was there an increase in the membership of the IRA after Fianna Fáil came to power in 1932?
3. What were the land annuities? 4. How did the British government react to Fianna Fáil’s withholding of the land annuities? 5. Who was the Minister for Trade and Commerce? 6. What semi-state companies did Fianna Fáil establish in order to develop Irish industry? 7. What were the Control of Manufactures Acts? 8. What attempts did Fianna Fáil make to help the poor? 9. What was the Army Comrades Association?
10. What parties and organisations joined together to form Fine Gael? 11. Who was the first leader of Fine Gael? 12. Why did de Valera ban the Blueshirts?
13. What attempts did de Valera make to try to get the IRA to recognise the Free State government?
14. Why did de Valera eventually ban the IRA in 1936?
HIGHER LEVEL 1. What were Fianna Fáil’s economic and social policies, and how successful were they? 2. What were the causes and consequences of the Economic War, 1932–1938?
3. Who did a better job of managing Ireland’s society and economy from 1923 to 1939, Cumann na nGaedheal or Fianna Fáil? Argue your case, referring to both.
ORDINARY LEVEL Write a paragraph on the following: 1. The Economic War, 1932–1938 2. Fianna Fáil, 1932–1939 3. The Blueshirts 4. The banning of the IRA
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