WorksheetsVictorian Age Historical Background
Total questions: 31
Worksheet time: 39mins
rise of the Chartist Movement
1834
1836
1837
1846
1870
accession of Queen Victoria
1901
1877
1836
1837
1846
Elementary Education Act
1836
1846
1870
1871
1877
Corn Laws repealed by prime minister Robert Peel
1846
1870
1871
1877
1901
Trade Unions Act
1846
1870
1871
1877
1901
Queen Victoria became Empress of India
1846
1870
1871
1877
1846
death of Queen Victoria
1837
1870
1871
1877
1901
Among other things, the Chartist Movement demanded the abolition of slavery and votes for women.
true
false
The Corn Laws were aimed at protecting domestic production of corn.
true
false
As a result of recent revolutions, the upper classes began to fear the urban poor.
true
false
One of the reasons for the expansion of the empire was to protect the trade route to and from India
true
false
Women’s main role in Victorian society was to be a good wife and mother
true
false
Conservative prime minister
Gladstone
Disraeli
Liberal Prime Minister
Gladstone
Disraeli
The Crimean War was fought to prevent ......... control of the Dardanelles.
Turkish
Russian
Ireland suffered a terrible famine in the middle of the century due to ..........
the failure of the potato crop
the rising price of corn.
In 1878 the British government took control of the Suez Canal.
true
false
The Boers were originally .........colonists in the Cape of Good Hope in South Africa.
Dutch
German
The Boer War gave Britain possession of territories of ........
strategic importance
rich in gold and diamonds.
The American Civil War was fought from 1871 to 1875.
true
false
Relations with Ireland during the Victorian age improved.
True
False
The Victorian era lasted for almost 64 years, until the Queen's death in 1901, a reign which is second only to that of Elizabeth
True
False
The People's Charter requested:
the abolition of
property rights
universal suffrage for all men
the abolition
of
slavery.
the abolition
monarchy and the founding of a democratic Republic
In 1846, the industrial middle class won a significant victory with the abolition of the Cornb Laws:
the protectionist legislation which imposed heay taxation on imported goods, thus
favouring the monarchy.
the protectionist legislation which imposed heay taxation on imported goods, thus
favouring the great landowners
the protectionist legislation which imposed heay taxation on imported goods, thus
favouring London banks
the protectionist legislation which imposed heay taxation on imported goods, thus
favouring the America colonies
The working class found a gradual representation for its requests and its rights through the:
Tories.
Independent Labour Party
Whigs
Liberal
Party
The trade unions were made legal in 1881.
True
False
The approval of the Corn Laws in 1846 were a significant victory for the industrial middle class.
True
False
The economic, social and cultural changes were accompanied by equality and nationwide welfare.
True
False
Queen Victoria Died in 1911
True
False
introduction of New Poor Law
1834
1836
1837
1846
1870
Complete the following summary of Victorian life using the word list.
assurance • hypocritical • negative • paradoxical • poverty •
pretended • progress • unwillingness • wealth • wrong
The phrase ‘Victorian compromise’ highlights the a ...................... conditions of life in Victorian England where
the opposite b ...................... and poverty coexisted: the contradictions which lay in every field of human
knowledge and human experience, the c ...................... of recognising them, only to assert the supposed
psychological d ...................... of the English people. Everyone knew what was e ...................... , but they
f ...................... not to see it. For instance, g ...................... was ignored in order to admire the increasing
h ...................... of the country. It is also for this i ...................... attitude that the adjective ‘Victorian’ is often used
with a j ...................... connotation.
