The Victorian Age: an overview

The Victorian Age goes from ____ to ____

• 1800 - 1900

• 1837-1901

• 1799-1855

• 1802-1902

Answer explanation

We adopt the convention

of locating the beginning of the Victorian Age at 1837 and making it end

in 1901, in exact coincidence with the reign of Queen Victoria.

The rapid industrial development in this period had many consequences, such as ____

• people abandoned the countryside

• cities became bigger and bigger

• life was easier for everyone

• all the children were exploited

Answer explanation

Following the Enclosure Acts and the Corn Laws, people in need of work were forced to migrate from the countryside to the towns. This phenomenon is known as urbanisation

The Corn Laws, which kept the price of bread artificially high, were abolished in ____

• 1864

• 1946

• 1746

• 1846

This period of 64 years is associated with the concepts of ____

• Victorian Compromise

• feelings and emotions

• British Empire

• equality and justice

Answer explanation

The British Empire covered 1/4 of the earth's surface and was inhabited by around 400 million people. This was an age of optimism and economic growth, but not all the people benefited equally from the industrial and social development.

Queen Victoria was only _____ years old when she began her reign in 1837.

• 28

• 21

• 81

• 18

Answer explanation

Queen Victoria came to the throne at the age of 18, in 1837, succeeding her uncle William IV who died childless. She was an only child, the last heiress of the house of the Hanover. She died at 81 on the Isles of Wight and was succeeded by her son, Edward VII of the House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha.