Victorian Age
Who was Queen Victoria’s husband? (Complete name)
Prince Albert of of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha
How many children did Victoria have?
Nine
In what year did Victoria become queen? How old was she?
1837. 18 years old
What was Victoria’s historical period called?
Victorian Age
Where did poor people have to work to receive assistance?
In workhouses
How long did Queen Victoria reign?
64 years
Who was Victoria’s first important advisor?
Lord Melbourne
Which problem began in Ireland in 1845?
The Great Irish Potato Famine
Where did poor Victorian families often live?
In slums and workhouses
What happened to Prince Albert in 1861?
He died
Which British Prime Minister supported the repeal of the Corn Laws?
Robert Peele
What was the name given to Victoria because of her children’s marriages?
Grandmother of Europe
Which two diseases spread in Victorian slums?
Cholera and typhoid
What was the dominant family structure in Victorian society?
Patriarchal family
Who was the main promoter of the Great Exhibition?
Prince Albert
What did many Victorian houses lack?
Proper sanitation
In what year were the Corn Laws repealed?
1846
What term describes the contradictions of Victorian society?
Victorian Compromise
What caused overcrowding in Victorian cities?
Urbanisation
What were women who rejected traditional social rules often called?
Fallen women
What did the Corn Laws protect?
British farmers
What distinguished the middle class from the lower classes?
Respectability
What disease destroyed Ireland’s potato crops?
Potato blight
Which Act forbid children aged 9 to work more than 9 hours a day?
First Factory Act
This movement was advocating for vote by secret ballot
Chartism