political power. Catholics were not given job opportunities, if a Protestant .
and a Catholic applied for the same job, no matter how qualified the .
Catholic was, the Protestant would always get the job. This meant that many .
Catholics were unemployed and could often not afford to feed their families. .
Catholic children were put in the worst schools, whilst the Protestant .
children were put in the very best schools. Catholic children were not .
taught anything about Catholicism, they were only taught about Protestant .
history. Children grew up believing that Catholics were evil and the .
Protestant religion was the way forward. "We knew nothing of the Catholic .
world. That Catholics were allowed to live in London with our Protestant .
king seemed impossible" (2).
Another significant social problem at the time for Catholic people was that .
they were placed in the worst housing. If a Catholic family were in need of .
a home, they would become second class citizens to a single Protestant girl, .
the girl would have a better chance of acquiring the house than the needy .
Catholic family.Many children had inadequate diets which resulted in many .
children dying of malnutrition. Many of the children's parents could not .
afford to pay doctor's bills. There was an outbreak of Tuberculosis (TB), .
which killed thousands of men, mainly aged between 15-25.
In 1969 The British Government sent the army into Northern Ireland to .
"Prevent a Civil War". Despite all the unfairness the Catholics had to deal .
with, this had not been necessary earlier. Many things changed between .
1960-1969.
Firstly before 1960 Catholics pursued peaceful methods, inspired by The .
American Civil Rights Movement, the Northern Ireland civil rights .
association began. From 1920 through to 1960 Catholics had campaigned for .
fairer conditions and had expected change to come through the ballot box .
(they did not know that their votes had been ignored).
The Police in Northern Ireland were 99.