What were the three most common occupations of the working class?
Farmer, miner, factory worker.
When and where did the industrial revolution start?
United Kingdom, 18th century
Why is Florence Nightingale important?
She invented modern nursing.
She insisted on the importance of hygiene in hospitals.
When was she born and when did she die?
24 May 1819 – 22 January 1901
What war took place from 1854 to 1856?
What is the social class that benefitted most during the Victorian Era?
The middle class
What was the most important advance in terms of transportation?
The railways/trains
What is Sir Arthur Conan Doyle famous for?
Writing Sherlock Holmes.
Who was her husband and when did they get married?
Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, in 1840
Name three of her children.
Victoria Princess Royal
Edward VII of the United Kingdom
Princess Alice
Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
Princess Helena
Princess Louise
Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn
Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany
Princess Beatrice
What was her favourite castle, where is it and when did she buy it?
Balmoral Castle, Scotland, 1852
What disease did Queen Victoria have that she passed on to some of her descendants?
Hemophilia