The Victorian Era

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A Time of Growth
 The nations in orange were colonies of England during Queen Victoria’s reign. List five of those colonies here.
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 “The Sun Never Sets on _______________________________________________”
 England is at the height of its ____________________ and dominates ______________________________.
 Many refer to England as “_________________________________________________________________.”
 Imperialism is ___________________________________________________________________________.
 The British used imperialism to gain control of over __________ colonies and _____________________ people
around the world.
 Queen Victoria spoke _________________ languages and was crowned ______________________________
in 1876.
Monarchy in the Modern Style
 Queen Victoria ruled from ____________ to____________ and took the throne at age________________.

 She ruled for nearly ___________________ years.

 Queen Victoria married _______________________________ and had ________________ children.

 There were over 60 guidelines for ___________________________ published during Victoria’s reign.

 When her husband died in _____________, Queen Victoria wore _____________________ publicly.

 Queen Victoria died in __________________.

Middle Class Prosperity

 The middle class showcased its new wealth at the ________________________________ of 1851.
 There were ____________________ different exhibits such as _______________________________________.
 ____________________________________ ran factories that created all of these goods.
The Downside of Progress
 Factory workers spent _________ hours working.
 Children worked in __________________________________________________________________________.
 Ireland’s __________________________________sent many more poor people to England.
Reform and Uncertainty
 ______________________was abolished in the British Empire in ____________.
  Four other reforms at this time were the following:
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The Influence of Romanticism
 By ____________, romanticism was ____________________________________.
 The romantics influenced early Victorian poets regarding ____________________________________.
 Like romantics, Victorian poets focused on _____________________________________________________.
 Some people regarded Victorian poets as __________________________________________.

Realism in Fiction
 Realism is _________________________________________________________________________________.
 Realistic writers probed _______________________________________.
 Victorian novels were often so lengthy that _______________________________________________________.
 Many novels were first published __________________________________ in newspapers and magazines.

Victorian Viewpoints
 Victorian novelists expressed ___________________________________________________________.
 Naturalism is _______________________________________________________________________________.
 Naturalists writers avoided ____________________________________________________________________.

Writers
 Charles Dickens was a novelist who wrote________________________________________________________.
 Oscar Wilde wrote a play that satirizes the Victorians called _________________________________________.
 Elizabeth Barrett Browning wrote a lot of poetry. ______________________ published some of it after her
death.
 George Eliot is the pen name of ________________________. She wrote novels titled ____________________
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 Thomas Hardy was a novelist who wrote________________________________________________________.