Checkup 1 Flashcards
Economic growth, military power, and expansion made the _____________________ the greatest era in British history.
Victorian Age
The expansion of voting rights was the dramatic step that brought _____________ to Britain.
democracy
_________________________ contributed greatly toward making the Victorian Age a golden age for literature.
A great increase in literacy
The influence of the Reform Bill of 1832 brought about ______________________________________.
a new interest in reading history
The five-volume best seller, History of England, was written by _________________________________.
Thomas Babington Macaulay
______________ Macaulay’s historical view, ___________________ still contributed much to the great values of the victorians.
Opposing; Thomas Carlyle
In “Democracy,” Carlyle argued that __________- involved a process that sometimes required the unwanted but necessary help of others.
liberty
In “Labor,” Carlyle convincingly showed Victorians the _____________ of work.
sacredness
Supportive of moral earnestness, who/what did John Henry Newman fight as his chief foe?
secularism in churches and education
Who wrote “…the more we study the annals of the past the more shall we rejoice that we live in a merciful age.”
Thomas Macaulay
Who wrote “…we should ever conduct ourselves toward our enemy as if he were one day to be our friend.”
John Newman
