The Stuart supporters fought against the British

The Scots fought against the English

The Irish fought against the English at the battle near Culloden.

19. The Chartist movement was a success.

a failure.

a victory of the working class.

20. The English trade unions sought to achieve their goals through

revolution.

a coup d’etat.

parliamentary democracy.

21. The Boers wars occurred in North America.

South Africa.

Europe.

22. Robert Owen tried

to raise the workers’ uprising.

to improve the workers’ living conditions.

to reform the Anglican church.

23. People's Charter was put forward in 1838.

1848.

1834.

24. Jingoism is an economic theory.

a Nonconformist religion.

a form of nationalism.

25. By the end of the 19th century Britain was

overtaken by new imperialist powers.

still the most powerful country.

one of the most backward countries.

26. Britain had the biggest empire by the end of the 17th

Th

19th century.

27. The Salvation Army ‘made war’ on the bourgeoisie.

On poverty.

on the working class.

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TEST 13

HISTORY OF GREAT BRITAIN

Choose the correct answer out of the three:

1. “You’ve never had it so good’ was referred to the sixties.

the seventies.

the eighties.

2. After WW II the Conservative Party

the Labour Party

the Liberal Party was a ruling party in the country.

3. Anthony Blair is Conservative.

Labour.

Socialist Democrat.

4. At Dunkirk British troops suffered a disastrous defeat.

won a great victory.

were saved by American troops.

5. Britain pursued a policy of condemnation of

competition with

appeasement of Germany before WW II.

6. Britain didn’t try to avoid a war with Germany.

tried not to interfere.

tried to avoid war at all costs.

7. Britain was morally ready

well-prepared

completely unprepared for World War I.

8. IRA aims at uniting Northern Ireland with the Irish Republic.

winning independence for Northern Ireland.

uniting the Irish Republic with the United Kingdom.

9. Ireland became a republic in the result of anti-colonial war.

revolution.

general election.

Tony Blair

Margaret Thatcher

John Major received the lowest approval rating, 14 percent, of any prime minister in British history.

11. Margaret Thatcher was

the only

the first

the second woman prime minister in British or European history.

12. Margaret Thatcher was the leader of the Social Democratic Party.

the Conservative Party.

the Labour Party.

13. Pacifists were allowed not to fight for the first time during

WW II.

WW I.

Napoleonic wars.

14. Thatcher promoted privatisation.

nationalization.

colonialization.

15. The depression affected Britain most severely from 1930 to 1933.

To 1923.

1950 to 1953.

16. The Easter Rising occurred in Northern Ireland.

Ireland.

the Irish Republic.

17. The government’s mistake was setting free

the execution of

imprisonment

of the leaders of the Easter Rising.

18. The Irish Republicans demanded home rule for Ireland.

full independence.

King’s abdication.

19. The Labour Party was established in 1900.

1920.

1918.

20. The League of Nations was formed in 1919.

1936.

1946.

21. The Revolution of 1917 in Russia had little

no

a great effect on Britain.

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TEST 14

HISTORY OF GREAT BRITAIN

Choose the correct answer out of the three:

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