Chapter 20: Victorian Era Flashcards

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British leader who became famous for his role in the battle of Waterloo

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Duke of Wellington

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Most outstanding British leader at the beginning of the 19th century

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William Pitt the younger

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Founded the London Metropolitan police force

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Sir Robert peel

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King William the fourths successor

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Victoria

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Longest ruling monarch English history

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Queen Victoria

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How long did Queen Victoria room

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64 years

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First world’s fair

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Great exhibition of 1851

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Queen Victoria’s husband

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Prince Albert

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What did the reform bill of 1832 do

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Granted suffrage to all middle-class males

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Who was the great conservative-turned Liberal leader of the 19th century

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William Gladstone

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Who is the great liberal-turned conservative leader of the 19th century

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Benjamin Disraelil

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Greatest preacher of the Victorian era

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Charles Haddon Spurgeon

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What was Charles Haddon Spurgeon’s title

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Prince of preachers

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13
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Who invented the rickshaw

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Jonathan Goble

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Japan’s most famous Christian

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Neesima

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15
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Found the Salvation Army

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William Booth

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Made reforms for the mentally handicapped

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Lord Ashley

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What was the time in British history between 1880 in 1900

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The great age of British imperialism

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What was the tool of expansion used by Great Britain during the great British age of imperialism.

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What poem was written about the Crimean war

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Charge of the light brigade

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During which war was Florence Nightingale recognized

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The Crimean war

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Who is sent by Queen Victoria to make reform Canada

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Lord Durham

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What year was the British North American act signed

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What did the British North America act do

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Made Canada a self-governing commonwealth

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What Battle granted all of India to the control of the East India Company
The battle of Plassey
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And what year did the battle of Plassey take place
1757
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Translated the bible into 40 Indian dialects
William Carrey
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Explored the source of the blue Nile
James Bruce
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Traced the Niger River
Mungo Park
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First European to cross the Sahara desert and discovered Lake Chad
Hugh Clapperton
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The first European to reach the trading post of Timbuctu
Alexander Laing
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Most famous African explorer
David Livingston
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Who was put in charge of locating David Livingstone
Henry Stanley
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In what year was the Union of South Africa inacted
1910