ADAPTATION AND INDUSTRIALISM

I wondered how the Victorian Era received it's name, and that question was answered In Podcast 9. The Victorian time period formulated during the reign of Queen Victoria, who ruled England from the age of 18 until her death at the age of 37. She had the longest reign ever. This was a time of drastic change in wealth and a new way of living began in England and other countries. Adaptation and Industrialism were the areas of concentration for England simply, because of the loss of tradition,responses were both good and bad but that way of life now was considered out dated and had begun to change. There were great discoveries and understandings in Science and Technology the locomotive train was invented, Darwin's explanation of Evolution was better understood. A political power for more people was initiated, shocking and causing a democracy toward all people. The Reform Bill of 1832 was created which allowed middle class white males to vote. The second Reform Bill was created later in 1867, which entitled the working class right to vote. Women's right to vote came after the Victorian period in 1918. Other inventions in this era are; the telegraph, photography, moving pictures, and the railroad. In medicine the development of anesthesia, and Queen Victoria was the first to give birth under this method.