English Final: The Victorian Age
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degrassiaddict43 on June 11, 2012
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 George IV | scandalous king who ruled in the early 1800s. Victoria worked hard not to be scandalous like him. |
| Chartism Movement | movement that pushed for universal male suffrage. they failed. |
| Robert Browning | poet who pioneered the verse form called the dramatic monologue. |
| Prince Albert | German cousin of Queen Victoria who was married to Victoria for 21 years before his death (she lived as a widow for 40 more years, and was reportedly, depressed, reclusive, and cynical following his death). |
| Realism | a style of writing that began to become more influential than romanticism during the Victorian Age. it tried to capture everyday life as it is really lived, it focused on the aspects of the Industrial Revolution, it brought social problems to the public's attention, and it focused on psychological aspects of life. |
| Queen Victoria | queen of England from 1837-1901 who took over the throne at the age of 18 and who stressed moral behavior. |
| Lord Gladstone | along with Disraeli was one of the 2 politicians who dominated the British political scene after Palmerston's death. he thought that England should let go of its colonies and worry about its own problems. He and Victoria did not get along. He was a prime minister. |
| Lord Melbourne | leader of the Whigs in the 1830s. under his leadership slavery was abolished, child labor was restricted, and the Reform Bill of 1832 was passed. |
| Second Reform Bill | bill from 1867 that extended voting rights to working class males, improved housing and sanitation standards, improved factory conditions, and legalized unions. |
| Joseph Lister | doctor who introduced antiseptic surgery. |
| Lord Palmerston | moderate Whig who effectively served as the Prime Minister of England in the 1830s, 40s, and 50s. He annexed New Zealand, acquired Hong Kong, beat Russia in the Crimean War, gave Turkey their sovereignty, and arranged Queen Victoria's marriage to Prince Albert. |
| Rudyard Kipling | British writer who championed imperialism with his stories about India. |
| Euphemisms | mild, indirect, or vague terms substituted for harsh or offensive words. the concept was developed in the Victorian age which was famous for its propriety |
| Hypocrisy/Prudishness | the Victorians were very prim and proper and yet they enjoyed hearing about scandals. |
| Constitutional Monarchy | government system in which the monarch is kept in check by a constitution and a governing body (in the case of England it is the parliament) |
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