history on victoran housing

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The major downfall of Queen Victoria's reign was her willingness to

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let the rich get richer and the poor get poorer

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Which of the following was NOT a reason that illness spread so rapidly in London?
- Doctors thought that illness was spread through the air
- The city was overcrowded with people and rodents
- People and factories dumped waste into the Thames
- Hospitals were expensive

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Hospitals were expensive

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True or False? Most Victorian children were able to attend school and get an education.

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False

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True or False? Charles Dickens wrote his stories to show the world how harsh life was for the poor.

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True

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True or False? Pain was often used to encourage children to work faster.

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True

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True or False? Workhouse supervisors often took money that was meant to be used to care for the poor and kept some for themselves.

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True

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What word means the movement of people out of the country and into the cities?

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urbanization

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Which of the following was NOT a cause of the housing shortage in Victorian London?
- London's population doubled between 1800 and 1850
- Adequate housing did not exist to support the population
- Railroad construction demolished many existing London neighborhoods

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Queen Victoria refused to allow new construction in vacant parts of the city

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Why was Charles' father imprisoned in Marshalsea?

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He could not pay his debts

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Which of the following events related to Dickens' father's imprisonment is NOT true? the family went to prison along with him, Dickens worked and lived alone while his family was in prison, his father was finally freed after he inherited some money from a family member, Dickens' father died in prison from starvation and hardship

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Dickens' father died in prison from starvation and hardship