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             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.


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