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The ___ would bring milk straight from the farm to fill out the churns that people set out on the street for them
What is milkman
During the Victorian era, a quarter of the world’s this lived in the British empire
What is population
Charles Darwin compiled his theory of evolution in his book "On the Origin of Species" after visiting this
What are the Galapagos Islands
It was not ladylike to show much skin, so modesty boards were attached to the bottom of desks so a woman’s ___ could not be seen when they sat down
What is ankles
After radium was discovered, it was used for its glowing properties. Glow-in-the-dark watch faces became popular, and they were mass-produced in factories by women that came to be known as this
What are radium girls
Children were favored at the workplace because they could do this
What is they could fit into tight spaces that adults couldn’t
Because it was difficult to find clean drinking water, this was a problem across all ages, even children
What is drunkenness
This queen made it compulsory for all children to go to school
Who was Queen Victoria
The front wheel of a Penny Farthing was about this tall
What is 2 meters tall
This color dye was very popular and was used in a lot of things such as paint and clothes, but it was discovered that, since it combined copper and arsenic, it led to toxicity that killed many people
What is green
The economic divide was so wide that while the Duke of Westminster earned £250,000 (worth £72,253,828.03 today or $95,299,909.02) from renting out various properties he owned, a flower seller earned only about this per day
What is a sixpence (worth £8.67 today or $11.44)
When an individual died, it was normal for their family to come together and have this taken with their corpse
What is a photograph
These all wrote novels using male names in the hope they would be taken seriously and have more chance of success
Who were the Brontë sisters
London Road in Nottingham became the first road to be covered in this
What is tarmac (tarmacadam)
This acid was added to milk because it was believed to "purify" it as it removed the sour taste and smell from expired milk, leading to many children dying of tuberculosis from the bovine tuberculosis (TB) in expired milk
What is boracic acid
Before the creation of a police force, ward constables and night watchmen would help keep the streets safe, but because they were not given this, criminals could easily bribe them
What is a wage
When Prince Albert was dying in 1861, he changed the wording of an angry letter written by the Foreign Minister, Viscount Palmerston to this country, narrowly avoiding war
What is the USA
In 1856 this woman returned from the Crimean War and campaigned for cleaner hospitals and the proper training of nurses
Who was Florence Nightingale
Because of all its inventions such as electricity, the telephone, fridges, cameras, stamps, matches and typewriters Britain got this nickname
What is Workshop of the World
In the 1800s and early 1900s, doctors often prescribed this for syphilis and other venereal diseases
What is mercury
In 1888 female workers who worked in one of these in London refused to work as they campaigned for better working conditions, conducting the first women's strike
What is a match factory
This is the name for the time period where there was a sudden increase of children's literature
What is the Golden Age of Children's Literature
This French teacher/chemist was able to prove that germs were living things that came from other living things
Who was Louis Pasteur
The first _____ was opened in London in 1863
What is underground railway
Mrs. Winslow’s Soothing Syrup was a patent medicine first introduced in the 19th century and marketed to calm small children, clean teeth, freshen breath, and relieve constipation but it contained a dangerous amount of these two substances
What are morphine and alcohol