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Victorian Era

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  • The author of "The Theory of evolution by natural selection" was Lewis Carroll.
    False - Charles Darwin
  • The British Empire were the territories rulled and administred by the USA.
    False - by the UK
  • By 1901 more than 3/4 of the UK population had moved to large toowns and cities.
    True
  • Poor people lived in the workhouses.
    True
  • Rich people travelled by cars.
    False - by train, boat, coach
  • Queen Victoria married her best friend Albert.
    False - cousin Geman Prince
  • Joseph Lister was a novelist.
    False - a doctor
  • Poor people wore a uniform in the workhouses.
    True
  • Goods was transported by the railways.
    True
  • Children didn´t have to go to school at the start of Queen Victoria reign.
    True
  • Less than 25% of British work force in Victorian times wa made up of children.
    False - more than 25%
  • A workhouse gave poor people only place to live.
    False - also work, food, clothes, free medical care and education for children
  • Queen Victoria had 9 children.
    True
  • Victoria was 18 when she became the Queen.
    True
  • In Victorian times the most popular writer was Charlote Bronte.
    False - Charles Dickens
  • "Darina" was the nickname for Queen Victoria.
    False - "Drina"
  • Queen Victoria rulled 70 years.
    False - 63 years