The Victorian Era

The Victorian Era

Effects on Modern Day

• The technology invented during this period like the camera, and the telephone are still widely used today.

• The ideas that sprung about during that time involving evolution, medicine, gender equality are still present today.

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Ideas and Movements

Many new ideas were introduced in the period like:

• Feminism
• Socialism
• A middle class
• Women's liberation

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1837-1901

The Victorian Era was a time of great change in nearly every aspect of British culture

Victorian Lifestyles

If you were rich:

• Focused more on your image and reputation
• You probably didn't work and was highly educated
• Spent most of your time at social events or parties

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Bibliography

If you were poor:

• Lived off of wages from a factory job, becoming a servant, you begged on the streets, or you farmed
• Had almost no political power
• Usually crammed into small one room apartments or other living spaces

Developments in Science

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• Medical treatment (Morphine, antiseptics, anesthesia)

• Evolution theory- Charles Darwin

• Germ Theory- the discovery that germs cause illness by Louis Pasteur

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Imperialism

• The British thought that a global empire would be good for everyone

• By Queen Victoria's death she had ruled over 410 million people

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Question

How long did Queen Victoria reign for?

Industrialization

Answer

• Railroads
• Steam powered factories
• Increased urban population
• More labor abuse and an increase of crime
• Created a middle class

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63 years

• Queen Victoria became queen in the year 1837 at the age of 18

• She ruled for 63 years up until her death in 1901

• She was the first titled Empress of India in 1876

• Was the major symbol of this period