Queen Victoria
Age when Victoria took the throne as Queen
What is 18
Major innovation created by Alexander Graham Bell
What is the telephone
3 things a woman was primarily responsible for according to typical gender roles of the VE
What are: Cooking, mothering, hosting, maintaining the home, management, sewing, etc.
A period of time defined by technological and scientific innovations (e.g. mass production, steam engines, railways, sewing machines, gas and electric light, the telegraph) that led to an enormous expansion of production, particularly through the factory system.
What is the Industrial Revolutions
Name 2-3 interior features seen in Queen Anne Victorian homes
What are: Grand staircases, formal dining rooms, libraries, and parlors, carved wood paneling, Geometric tile hallway, Decorative fireplaces, Stained glass windows, Dark wood furniture, Heavy drapes, Decorative wallpaper
Man Queen Victoria married at age 20
Who is Prince Albert
Event in Ireland causing mass migration and death in Ireland in the 1840s-50s
What is the Irish potato famine
The UK in the 1800s is defined greatly by migration to and from, overall the population doubling in 75 years. Describe 2 reasons people were migrating in this time
What is: Irish potato famine, Industrial Revolution job opportunities, Americas. etc.
Name 2 cons of the Industrial Revolution
What is: child labor and exploitation, increased pollution, unsanitary conditions in cities, classism (poverty and disease for working and underclasses)
Name 2-3 Exterior characteristics of Queen Anee Victorian homes
What are: Steeply pitched roofs, painted brick, iron railings, Churchlike rooftop, bay windows, Octagonal or round towers and turrets, Two to three stories, Generous wraparound porches, Small gardens, and Asymmetry.
Reason Queen Victoria was known for being dressed in all black for the later part of her life
What is Prince Albert's death
The Elementary Education Act of 1880, requiring early childhood education until the age of 10, was created in response to
What is child labor
Phrase coined during the Industrial Revolution describing the man's role to bring in the money for the household
What is a "bread winner"
the policy or practice of acquiring full or partial political control over another country, occupying it with settlers, and exploiting it economically. Often done with good intentions, and high negative impact.
What is Colonialism
What is mass production, Industrial Revolution, steam engine transport, etc.
What is India
While slavery was abolished in the British Empire on 1 August 1834, only children under the age of ____ were freed immediately under the terms of the 1833 Emancipation Act.
What is age 6
Describe the 3 main classes in the class system of the VE. Bonus 100 points if you can name the 4th!
What are: the upper class, the middle class, the working class, (and the under class)
During the VE, the British empire was known for this quote
What is "the empire on which the sun never set"
Prominent author emerging in the Victorian Era
Who is Charles Dickens
In 1872, Vicrtoria's son survived a severe case of Typhoid, causing this major turning event for the Queen
What is a celebration of Thanksgiving/returning to the public eye
Emmeline Pankhurst, the British women's rights activist, founded the Women's Franchise League in 1889, a political organization that campaigned to allow women the right to vote in local elections. The success of this campaign was a precursor to
What is the Suffragette Movement
The definition of gender roles developed an ideology known as ________. This ideology took what was seen as the natural characteristics of men and women and used them to define the roles even further. Primarily only reflected in upper classes at this time
What is the Doctrine of Separate Spheres
The British Empire reigned over ____% of the world's population during the VE
15%
25%
30%
40%
What is 25% of the population
What is the "novel"