Victorian+Era

1. Victorian London 2. Taylor Thomas 3. 4. Victorian London was a place of poor conditions, poverty, and slums. An article states that “A combination of coal-fired stoves and poor sanitation made the air heavy and foul-smelling. Immense amounts of raw sewage was dumped straight into the Thames River” (Ross). Their living conditions were very poor. These conditions helped influence bad behavior such as body snatching, and the rising of a serial killer named Jack the Ripper. This condition might have influenced the author to write the about the darker side of the novel. Even with these poor conditions, Print Albert, who stayed away from the unsanitary parts of London, organized the Great Exhibition which was held in Hyde Park. This led to founding the Science Museum and the Victoria and Albert Museum. Even with all this economic expansion, Victorian London remained unsanitary with horrendous living conditions for the poor.. Young children were even sent off to gain money by either sweeping chimneys and begging. Overall, Victoria London was full of poverty and slums. 6. Ross, David. "Victorian London." History of London. Britain Express, n.d. Web. 25 July 2013

1. Victorian London 2. Gabriela Berigan 3. 4. The Victorian London Era became one of the worst times in London. This time in London was full of poverty and it was full of dirt and grime. An article states that “In the last decade of the nineteenth century London's population expanded to four million, which spurred a high demand for cheap housing” (Diniejko). Many people originally thought that this was because of the laziness and enthusiasticness of people, but as outside reporters and writers looked into this they ended up finding out that it was due to the high rates of poverty and unemployment. The slums were mainly found in East London; they received the name slums because of how unsanitary they were. Many immigrants from all over Europe tended to live there; including from places such as Russia, Germany, and Ireland. Slumming was the way of life in this era and was known all around the world, some people began to want to try it and think it was “cool”. In a place called Whitechapel, where many people lived the crime rate was at an all time high. This was one of the least safest districts at the time. In fact, Jack the Ripper murdered several women here, he was a serial killer. Also, during these times the biggest movements happened including industrialization and an arts movement. The industrialization began spreading. The arts took a big step and ever since then has never been looked on the same way. This was called the Victorian London Era because at this time Queen Victoria was in power at this time. This type of living became known as the Victorian London Era. 6. Diniejko, Andrzej. “Slums and Slumming in Late-Victorian London”. The Victorian Web. Political History, 8 Nov. 2012. Web. 25 July 2013.

1. Victorian London 2. Kennedy Gore 3. 4. Most citizens of London during the time of Victorian London were poor and could not easily get out of their situation. The assumption made of the poor was that because these people did not have money, they did not deserve it - they would get paid extremely low wages and were forced to conform; they all had to have the same haircut and generic clothing. This was a weakness of the higher class people FOR those of lower class because they did not get a chance to prove themselves worthy of better work, and so they could not get it. This caused them to remain in a vicious cycle of awful work and low pay that one could not easily escape. The primary audience in Victorian London would be the richer citizens, because they had control over the money they paid to the lower citizens who worked for them, thus making the secondary audience the poorer residents the secondary audience. 6. Perry, Anne. "The Poor". Victorian London in Depth. Web. 25 July 2013.

1. Victorian London 2. Kaitlyn Ivey 3. 4. During the Victorian Era industrialization was a credible movement. Many new inventions came about during the Era Victoria was Queen. As stated in the article, “Bazalgette was responsible for the building of over 2100 km of tunnels and pipes to divert sewage outside the city” (Ross). This was the very beginning of the Industrial Revolution that exploded over London and later the U.S. It is very obvious that without the Industrialization of London during the Victorian Era America would not be what it is today. There would be no Walmart, no Safeway and no factories; all the skyscrapers, the cars, the sewage system and even central air and heat. More advances including science such as, “Charles Darwin's theory of evolution” (Queen Victoria). Many more modern conveniences we would do without if not for the Industrialization of Victorian London. It could be as simple as an email because the email stems from the telegraph, which was created in the Victorian Era along with the popular press. All the modern conveniences that are so commonly used would not be in existence without Victorian London. 6. Ross, David. "Victorian London." //History of London.// Britain Express, n.d. Web. 25 July 2013 “Queen Victoria.” //Bio.// A&E Networks, n.d. Web. 25 July 2013.