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Victorian age

Ireland in the Victorian age

Table of contents

• Relationship Ireland with England
• Irish Potato Famine
• Consequences Potato Famine
• Industrial revolution at different times
• Act of Union
• Religion in Ireland v.s. in England
• Role Ireland during Victorian Age
• Scientific and cultural process

Relationship Ireland with England

• Political
  
• Social
  
• Economic
  

Irish Potato Famine

• 1845 - 1852
  
• Attacked by a pest 
• British government

How long was the Potato Famine?

1. 3 years
2. 7 years
3. 12 years
4. 19 years

What happened during the Potato Famine?

1. The potato harvest failed
2. People rebelled against the government
3. Potato crops were attacked by a pest
4. Great Britain attacked Irish farmers

Consequences Potato Famine

• 1 million deaths
  
• Political dynamics
• Agriculture structure

How many people died during the Potato Famine?

1. 100.000
2. 500.000
3. 1.000.000
4. 1.500.000

How did the agriculture change after the Potato Famine?

1. The potato's were protected better
2. New crops were harvested
3. Potato's weren't harvested anymore
4. Potato's were imported from Britain

Industrial revolution at different times

• Ireland was dependent on England
• Lack of capital and infrastructure
• Ireland supplied for Britain

Why did Ireland experience the industrial revolution much later?

1. Britain had Irish people working
2. Ireland didn't have resources
3. Britain prevented Ireland's revolution
4. Ireland supplied for Britain

Act of Union

• United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland 1801
• Return of the Irish parliament
• The Irish Republic (1922)

What is the Act of Union?

1. An agreement uniting Britain and Ireland
2. A movement by the Irish society against Britain
3. An agreement between the Irish government and the inhabitants
4. A movement because of religious differences

When was the Act of Union signed?

1. 1799
2. 1801
3. 1818
4. 1922

Why did Ireland excluded itself again from the Act of Union?

1. The Irish did not feel suffiently represented
2. The Irish became to depended on England
3. The English government did not want Ireland
4. The Irish wanted their own government

Religion in Ireland v.s. in England

• Discrimination and religious oppression
  
• Political and social issues
• Catholic emancipation (1829)

Ireland was Catholic while England was Protestant

Which country was (mostly) Protestant?

1. Ireland
2. Britain

When was the Catholic emancipation complete?

1. 1801
2. 1822
3. 1829
4. 1922

Role Ireland during the Victorian Age

• Political and social tension
• The Great Famine
• Irish Home Rule movement
• Victorian writers
• Economics

Who were Victorian writers?

1. Rowan Hamilton
2. Johnstone Stoney
3. Matthew Arnold
4. Oscar Wilde

Scientific and cultural process

• Rowan Hamilton
  
• Johnstone Stoney
• Cultural identity

Who invented Algebra?

1. Johnstone Stoney
2. Oscar Wilde
3. Bram Stoker
4. Rowan Hamilton

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