ACC - Context

What was the Industrial Revolution?

• The growth of factories in cities

• A protest about industry

• London's population grew by 1 million in a year

• People moved from the countryside to the cities for work

What was the name of the project that Dickens and Burdett-Coutts worked on to improve education prospects for children in poverty?

Select some the consequences of the Industrial Revolution. You can select more than one.

• Overcrowding

• Hunger

• Disease

• Crime

What did Malthus believe?

• Poor people should have access to education.

• Poor people deserved support from the government.

• Poor people were to blame for their situation.

• Poor people should have more children because some of them might die.

Where did poor people have to go to receive food and shelter?

What was a 'good' Christian expected to do in Victorian England?

• Attend school

• Attend church at least once a year

• Resist mortal urges

• Attend church regularly

What did Dickens believe a 'good' Christian should do?

• Try to help other people

• Go to church

• Donate to a food bank

• Have a job

Christmas traditions were popular at the start of the 19th century. True or false?

• True

• False

'The belief that Christians should only rest and go to Church on Sundays' is called what?