Life in the UK test (2021) ✅️ PREPARE for the test! Episode 6 🎓

hi are you taking their life in the UK test this video is the sixth in a series of videos by me showing you how to prepare for and pass the life in the UK test it contains all the knowledge and facts you need to know to pass the test first time if you'd like the rest of the series and to be notified when I release updates on this subject please click the subscribe button and notification bell so that you get my updates when I release them if you have any questions on the life in the UK test drop them in the comments below and I will answer them ok so in this video we're going to cover the life in the UK test materials for the 20th century which is part of chapter 4 of the official government guide to the life in the UK test I'm going to cover the whole subject view including the points people struggle with in the test if you stay to the end of this video you will find some example questions from the life in the UK tests on this topic including some of the more tricky ones so that you can test whether your knowledge of the subject is up to standard the 20th century the first world war the early 20th century was a time of optimism for Britain in the nation with its expansive Empire well admired Navy thriving industry and strong political institutions it was now known as a global superpower it was also a time of social progress financial help for the unemployed old-age pensions and free school meals were just a few of the important measures introduced various laws were passed to improve safety in the workplace town planning rules were tightened to prevent the development of slums and better support was given to mothers and their children after divorce or separation local government became more democratic and a salary for members of parliament was introduced for the first time making it easier for people to take part in public life the era of optimism and progress was cut short when war broke out between several European nations on the 28th of June 1914 Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria was assassinated this set off a chain of events leading to the first world war from 1914 to 1918 but while the assassination provided the trigger for war other factors such as a growing sense of nationalism in many European states increasing militarism imperialism and the division of the major European powers into two camps all set the conditions for war the conflict was centred in Europe but it was a global war involving nations from around the world Britain was part of the Allied powers which included among others France Russia Japan Belgium Serbia and later Greece Italy Romania and the United States the whole of the British Empire was involved in the conflict for example more than a million Indians fought on behalf of Britain in lots of different countries and around 40,000 were killed men from the West Indies Africa Australia New Zealand and Canada also fought with the British the Allies fought against the Central Powers mainly Germany the austro-hungarian Empire the Ottoman Empire and later Bulgaria millions of people were killed or wounded with more than two million British casualties one battle the British attack on the Somme in July 1916 resulted in about 60,000 British casualties on the first day alone the first world war ended at 11 a.m. on the 11th of November 1918 with victory for Britain and its allies the partition of Ireland in 1913 the British government promised Home Rule for island the proposal was to have a self-governing island with its own Parliament but still part of the UK a home rule bill was introduced in Parliament it was opposed by the Protestant in the north of Ireland who threatened to resist Home Rule by force the outbreak of the first world war led the British government to postpone any changes in Ireland Irish nationalists were not willing to wait and in 1916 there was an uprising the Easter Rising against the British in Dublin the leaders of the uprising were executed under military law a guerilla war against the British Army and the police in Ireland followed in 1921 a peace treaty was signed and in 1922 Ireland became two countries the six counties in the north which were mainly Protestant remained part of the UK under the name Northern Ireland the rest of Ireland became the Irish Free State it had its own government and became a republic in 1949 there were people in both parts of Ireland who disagreed with the split between the north and the south they still wanted Ireland to be one independent country years of disagreement led to a terror campaign in Northern Ireland and elsewhere the conflict between those wishing for full Irish independence and those wishing to remain loyal to the British government is often referred to as the troubles the interwar period in the 1920s many people's living conditions got better there were improvements in public housing and new homes were built in many towns and cities however in 1929 the world entered the great depression and some parts of the UK suffered mass unemployment the effects of the depression of the 1930s were felt differently in different parts of the UK the traditional heavy industries such as shipbuilding were badly affected but new industries including the automobile and aviation industries developed as prices generally fell those in work had more money to spend car ownership doubled from 1 million to 2 million between 1930 and 1939 in addition many new houses were built it was also a time of cultural blossoming with writers such as Graham Greene and evening wore prominent the economist John Maynard Keynes published influential new theories of economics the BBC started radio broadcasts in 1922 and began the world's first regular television service in 1936 the Second World War Adolf Hitler came to power in Germany in 1933 he believed that the conditions imposed on Germany by the Allies after the first world war were unfair he also wanted to conquer more land for the German people he set about renegotiating treaties building up arms and testing Germany's military strength in nearby countries the war was initially fought between the Axis powers fascist Germany and Italy and the Empire of Japan and the Allies the main countries on the Allied side were the UK France Poland Australia New Zealand Canada and the Union of South Africa having occupied Austria and invaded Czechoslovakia Hitler followed his invasion of Poland by taking control of Belgium and the Netherlands then in 1940 German forces defeated Allied troops and advanced through France at this time of national crisis Winston Churchill became prime minister and Britain's war leader as France fell the British decided to evacuate British and French soldiers from France in a huge naval operation many civilian volunteers in small pleasure and fishing boats from Britain helped the Navy to rescue more than 300,000 men from the beaches around Dunkirk although many lives and a lot of equipment were lost the evacuation was a success and meant that Britain was better able to continue the fight against the Germans the evacuation gave rise to the phrase the Dunkirk spirit from the end of June 1940 until the German invasion of the at Union in June 1941 Britain and the Empire stood almost alone against Nazi Germany Hitler wanted to invade Britain but before sending in troops Germany needed to control the air the Germans waged an air campaign against Britain but the British resisted with their fighter planes and eventually won the crucial aerial battle against the Germans called the Battle of Britain in the summer of 1940 this took place the most important planes used by the Royal Air Force in the Battle of Britain were the Spitfire and the hurricane which were designed and built in Britain despite this crucial victory the German air force was able to continue bombing London and other British cities at nighttime this was called the Blitz Coventry was almost totally destroyed and a great deal of damage was done in other cities especially in the East End of London despite the destruction there was a strong national spirit of resistance in the UK the phrase the Blitz spirit is still used today to describe Britain's pulling together in the face of adversity Winston Churchill 1874 to 1965 Churchill was the son of a politician and before becoming a Conservative MP in 1900 was a soldier and journalist in May 1940 he became prime minister he refused to surrender to the Nazis and was an inspirational leader to the British people in a time of great hardship he lost the general election in 1945 but returned as Prime Minister in 1951 he was an MP until he stood down at the 1964 general election following his death in 1965 he was given a state funeral he remains a much admired figure to this day and in 2002 was voted the greatest Briton of all time by the public during the war he made many famous speeches including lines which you may still hear I have nothing to offer but blood toil tears and sweat Churchill's first speech to the House of Commons after he became prime minister in 1940 was we shall fight on the beaches we shall fight on the landing grounds we shall fight in the fields and in the streets we shall fight in the Hills we shall never surrender his speech to the House of Commons after Dunkirk in 1940 never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few at the same time as defending Britain the British military was fighting the axis on many other fronts in Singapore the Japanese defeated the British and then occupied Burma threatening India the United States entered the war when the Japanese bombed its naval base at Pearl Harbor in December 1941 that same year Hitler attempted the largest invasion in history by attacking the Soviet Union it was a fierce conflict with huge losses on both sides German forces were ultimately repelled by the Soviets and the damage they sustained proved to be a pivotal point in the war the Allied forces gradually gained the upper hand winning significant victories in North Africa and Italy German losses in the Soviet Union combined with the support of the Americans meant that the Allies were eventually strong enough to attack Hitler's forces in Western Europe on the 6th of June 1944 Allied forces landed in Normandy this event is often referred to as d-day following the victory on the beaches of Normandy the Allied forces pressed on through France and eventually into Germany the Allies comprehensively defeated Germany in May 1945 the war against Japan ended in August 1945 when the United States dropped its newly developed atom bombs on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki scientists led by Ernest Rutherford working at Manchester and in Cambridge University were the first to split the atom and took part in the Manhattan Project in the United States which developed the atomic bomb the war was finally over Alexander Fleming 1881 to 1955 born in Scotland Fleming moved to London as a teenager and later qualified as a doctor he was researching influenza the flu in 1928 when he discovered penicillin this was then further developed into a usable drug by the scientists Howard Florey and Ernst chain by the 1940s it was in mass production Fleming won the Nobel Prize in medicine in 1945 penicillin is still used to treat bacterial infections today so the key points you need to remember and cover here are what happened during the first world war the partition of Ireland and the establishment of the UK as it is today and the events of the Second World War so let's have a look at some example questions from the life in the UK test on this subject the first world war ended at 11 a.m. on the 10th of November 1917 the 11th of November 1919 or the 11th of November 1918 the answer is the 11th of November 1918 the first world war ended at 11 a.m. on the 11th of November 1918 with victory for Britain and its allies the Central Powers in the first world war against which the Allies fought were the austro-hungarian Empire and the UK Germany the austro-hungarian Empire the Ottoman Empire and later Bulgaria or the austro-hungarian Empire the Ottoman Empire and the UK the answer is Germany the austro-hungarian Empire the Ottoman Empire and later Bulgaria the whole of the British Empire was involved in the conflict and the Allies fought against the Central Powers these were mainly Germany the austro-hungarian Empire the Ottoman Empire and later Bulgaria what battle was fought by the British in July 1916 which resulted in about 60,000 British casualties on the first day alone the answer is the Battle of the Somme if you'd like to check out the rest of the lessons in this series in total it contains all the knowledge and facts you need to have to pass the test first time if you have any questions on the life in the UK test just put them in the comments below and I'll answer them if you'd like to subscribe and click the notification bell you'll get my updates on the life in the UK test 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Length: 19min 16sec (1156 seconds)

Published: Sat Aug 18 2018