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Flashcards: Victorian England

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VictoriaQueen of 19th century England
Robert PeelFounded the London Police
BobbiesNamed after Robert Peel
British EmpireThe sun was said to not set on this.
AlbertHusband to Victoria
Reform Bill of 1832Gave more men suffrage
William GladstoneLeader of the Liberals
Benjamin DisraeliLeader of the Conservatives
Charles Haddon Spurgeon"Prince of Preachers"
Rudyard KiplingWrote "Just So Stories"
Charles DickensAuthor of a "Christmas Carol"
William BoothFounded the Salvation Army
Salvation Army"Church" that tried to minister to the poor
YMCATried to meet physical and spiritual needs of young men
Florence NightingaleNurse in war, organized nursing profession
Gold, God, and gloryReasons to expand the British empire
Crimean WarBritain and others tried to check expansion of Russia
CanadaSelf governing British dominion
East India CompanyTrade company controlled much of India at one point
William CareyFather of Modern Missions
AfricaEnglish saw it as a "dark" continent
South AfricaColonized by Dutch, captured by British
Boer WarBritain fought the Boer colonies
Orange Free StateA republic that became part of South Africa
TransvaalA republic that became part of South Africa
Suez CanalWhy Britain wanted to control Egypt
AustraliaCaptain Cook "discovered" this land
MaorisOriginal inhabitants of New Zealand
British CommonwealthWhat the British Empire turned into
Irish RepublicThis country close to England used to be controlled by the British
Edward VIISucceeded Victoria as monarch
Charles DarwinDeveloped Theory of Evolution
Social DarwinismEvolution applied to society
ModernismA belief in human rationality