CACA
...ally "right in the world" 3. They firmly believe that theirs was the best nation in the best era history had yet produced 4. Britain had a booming economy and rapid expansion 5. Britain became the world leader in manufacturing 6. Factory towns grew into large cities 7. Banks, retail shops, and other businesses expanded 8. An industrial working class and a modern middle class came about from the change 9. The Victorian Age was also a time of social concern 10. Exposed was a dark underside of the industrial age (brutal factory conditions and stinking slums that bred poverty and disease) 11. Britain had shed some of its satisfaction and was grappling with the social and economic problems industrialization had caused by the time Victoria died in 1901 B. Politics 1. The prime ministers who govern Britain serve at the authorization of Parliament 2. The years of Victoria's rule brought a change in the policies and even the names of the two parties that had dominated 18th century politics 3. The Whig party formerly had championed Britain's commercial dominance and colonial empire 4. The Tories (or Conservatives) now supported imperialism (the expansion of empire) 5. Victorian Politics emphasized compromise and slow reform C. Religion 1. Victorians were struggling with the religious and philosophical insinuations of modern life 2. A religious movement called Evangelicalism influenced many Victorians 3. Lead to the founding ...