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Victorian Era Questions

Victorian Era Questions . Reign of Queen Victoria ( pgs 56-65). Immigrants: Rich and Poor 1. Where were most immigrants to Canada coming from? Ireland and Scotland (mostly poor and uneducated). 2. What hardship did immigrants often face? Poor land-rocky

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Victorian Era Questions

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  1. Victorian Era Questions

  2. Reign of Queen Victoria (pgs56-65) Immigrants: Rich and Poor 1. Where were most immigrants to Canada coming from? • Ireland and Scotland (mostly poor and uneducated)

  3. 2. What hardship did immigrants often face? • Poor land-rocky • Most immigrants were Catholic and were therefore discriminated against (Catholics vs. Protestant) • Could only get manual jobs- low pay

  4. Native Peoples 4. What does assimilate mean? • To join the majority group and give up the traditions of one’s own group

  5. Victorian Attitudes and Values 5. What are the characteristics of Victorian Society? • Confident, believed in progress, religious • Moral and well mannered • Optimistic • Sense of superiority, prude, obsessed with social status

  6. Fashion and Decor 6. What was Victorian style like? • Fashion: more formal, extravagant, no tans!!! • Corsets • Décor: cluttered and overdone, heavy fabrics

  7. 7. What contradictions existed in Victorian society? • People considered themselves moral and religious, yet were extremely materialistic. • The Upper Classes looked down on the Lower Classes.

  8. A new Age of Science and Medicine 8. What new medical discoveries were during the Victorian Era? • Aspirin, antibiotics • Antiseptics, x-rays, vitamins • Hormones, vaccinations

  9. 9. What diseases were common in Victorian society? • Smallpox, Cholera, typhoid fever • Influenza, tuberculosis • Scarlet fever, anthrax, rabies

  10. 10. How were diseases commonly spread? • Contaminated water • Doctors would often introduce germs into a patient’s body • unsanitary conditions in operating room

  11. 11. What advances were made in treating these diseases? • Louis Pasteur- discovered bacilli: cause of many diseases • Also discovered the cause of anthrax, cholera and rabies • Vaccinated people and animals against diseases

  12. 12. Who was Emily Stowe? What difficulties did she face and surmount? • One of the first female doctors in the British Empire • No Canadian medical school would accept her so she had to attend university in US • Had to practice illegally

  13. 13. Who was Louis Pasteur? What kind of life did he live? • Louis Pasteur discovered bacilli – the cause of many diseases • Chose to live a simple and generous life instead of becoming wealthy from his inventions

  14. Leisure and travel (pgs65-72) 14. List some popular amusements in Victorian times • City: parties, concerts, fairs, circuses, shows • Parlor games, blood sports • Books, swimming for pleasure • Countryside: barn, raisings, quilting bees, weddings

  15. 15. What sort of things were features at medicine shows? • New inventions • Patent medicines-cures

  16. 16. What was the new form of trans-Atlantic travel? How long did the journey take? • Steamship- reduced time of crossing (less than two weeks)

  17. 17. What does infrastructure mean? • Community systems that make travel, communication and business easier.

  18. 18. Name Canada’s first railway. What was its route? • Champlain Saint Lawrence Railroad • Prairie to St. Jean sur Richelieu (only one more…finally!)

  19. 19. How were Victorian Newspapers different than newspapers today? • No professional sports section • No comics • No horoscopes, advice • Had to be practical • Scientific news

  20. Homework • List five influences that the Victorians had on our society today.

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