Karteikarten
The Nineteenth Century
Karten in diesem Stapel (30)
- 1Which act was suspended after Parliament started to worry of revolutionary feelings being carried over from France? What were the consequences?The Habeas Corpus Act, meaning people suspected of revolutionary attitude could be put in prison for a long time without a trial
- 2What was a common form of punishment at this time?Transportation, especially to Australia
- 3Which were the two main battles against the army of Napoleon?The Battle of Trafalgar and the Battle of Waterloo
- 4Which country became part of the Union through the Act of Union in this century?Ireland
- 5Which two Revolutions brought major changes to many aspects of life?The Industrial and the Agricultural Revolution
- 6What was the Industrial Revolution?Major changes in means of production, transport and manufacturing.
Rapid increase in the speed of technical developement.
Dramatic changes in towns and landscapes (cities like Manchester and Glasgow were created) - 7What was the Agricultural Revolution?Major changes in means of how crops were planted and grown.
Mass production and large fields - 8What was the main change to the landscape due to the Agricultural Revolution?Enclosure of land.
- 9In which other areas did revolutions happen in this century?Machinery, communication, road construction and transportation.
- 10How were the social conditions during the factory age?Absolutely terrible.
Wages could be kept low, every man in the factory had to work, even small children.
Work was dangerous and unsanatory.
Working hours were very long.
Slave trade was in full production.
Extreme class division. - 11What were the consequences of the terrible social conditions?Social change occupied the peoples' thoughts and the struggle for political reformy became stronger.
- 12What happened during "Peterloo"?An important political meeting addressing the needs of ordinary people and the need for political reforms was violently broken up by armed military forces, resulting in the deaths of many civilians. Afterwards Parliament passed another set of laws, that increased the oppresion of the ordinary people.
- 13Which famous author of this period was an avid supporter of social reforms and what were his most famous works?Charles Dickens - Oliver Twist and David Copperfield
- 14Who founded the first police force in London and what were they nicknamed?Robert Peel - "Bobbies"
- 15Which Act removed most of the restrictions on Catholics?The Catholic Relief Act
- 16Who sparked the Catholic Emancipation?The Irish Catholic Lawyer Daniel O'Connor, after being eleced into Parliament as MP, even though he was not supposed to
- 17What was the consequence of the Catholic Relief Act for the Torie government?It went out of business for 50 years.
- 18Which Act did the Whigs try to pass after the fall of the Torie government?The First Reform Act
- 19Who pushed for acceptance of the Reform Act after it failed several times?Torie leader Wellington
- 20What did the First Reform Act do?It made the government more representative of the country.
- 21Which monarch got on the throne in 1837?Queen Victoria, marking the Victorian Age
- 22Why was the Victorian Age known as the age of paradox?It was the age of optimism (Britain as the leading industrial nation) but also of uncertainty (breaking down of religion, challenging of world views). Also the age of emigration and age of religious conflict and doubt.
- 23Which devastating event happened in Ireland around this century and why?The Great Famine, due to blight (massive rainfall) causing the potato crop to rot.
- 24What was an contributing factor to the many starvations in Ireland?The fact that the British government prohibited the import of grain.
- 25Which great event was organised by Victoria's husband Prince Albert and where did it take place?The Great Exhibition in the Crystal Palace in Hyde Park.
- 26In which war against Russia did Britain engage on whose side and why?The Crimean War together with Turkey and France, because it was seen as a threat to British trade routes.
- 27Which event during the Crimean war was a symbol of the controversy that surrounded it?The Charge of the Light Brigade, when an entire British regiment was slaughtered when they ran into Russian guns.
- 28Which women was a key figure in medical reforms during the Crimean war?Florence Nightingale
- 29Which were the most famous authors of this period and what were their most famous works? (6)Alfred, Lord Tennyson - (became Poet Laureate)
Emily Bronte - Wuthering Heights, poetry
George Eliot (Mary Ann Evans) - Middlemarch
Thomas Hardy - Jude the Obscure, Tess of the d'Urbvilles
Robert Louis Stevenson - Treasure Island
Oscar Wilde - The Importance of Being Earnest, The Picture of Dorian Gray - 30Which English scientist's theory changed the way we think about the world and on which expidition did he make his crucial observations?Charles Darwin - HMS Beagle
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