English Flashcards
(3 cards)
1
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Victorian successes
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British Empire at its height - 1/3 of the world
Railways were built all across Britain
Electric lightbulb invented
Darwin’s theory
Public health act made it so there were working sewage facilities
Free education for everyone up to age 10
2
Q
Jack the Ripper
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Killed a lot of prostitutes in the Victorian era
People believed that Jack the Ripper was Prince Albert as he got a prostitute pregnant and wanted the rest to keep it quiet
3
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Robert Louis Stevenson
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1850-1894 died age 44 Born in Edinburgh, Scotland Health problems Sent to study science at Edinburgh Preferred literature and works of Darwin and Spencer
