1900 ENGLAND

LITERATURE

• Scientific books were common.
• Women were writing books about rights.
• Working class culture books.
• Realism was a popular genre.

Economy

• They were unchallenged in economic power.
• Industrial Revolution had increased wealth
• Economic conditions began to improve
• Britain was dominant in trade.

SOCIAL CLASS

• Upper Class
• Middle Class
• Lower Class
• Unemployed

GOVERNMENT

• Parliament made reforms to improve life
• Regulated working conditions
• Population in Britain expanded to 13 million
• London was one of the most populated areas

RELIGION

• The church was against education.
• It helped get the same rights to Christian and Jews.
• The church help the government pass laws.
• England was just starting to tolerate all religions.

EDUCATION

• Some people wanted to start spreading education.
• Working class didn't want education for children.
• Upper class didn't want education for everyone.
• Public schools started to open.

SCIENCE

• Steam engine, steam boat, railroads
• The telephone, the typewriter, the telegraph 
• Advances in medicine and surgery
• Steel manufacturing, cotton gin, textile machines
• Scientific discoveries from Darwin and Marie Curie

MARRIAGE

• Divorce was made legal in 1857
• People married in same class or up
• A woman had to have a dowry
• Woman married because it was the best option
• Women were blamed if conduct was broken

WORKS CITED

• http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/british/brit-5.html
• http://www.iun.edu/~hisdcl/h114_2002/nineteenthcentury.htm
• http://www.worldbookonline.com/student/article?id=ar428580&st=science+in+th...
• http://www.localhistories.org/19thcent.html
• http://www.localhistories.org/vicwomen.html

CITATIONS

• http://www.know-britain.com/general/education_in_england_2.html
• http://schools.keldysh.ru/school1413/eng/egorova_ks/str6.html
• http://www.parliament.uk/about/living-heritage/transformingsociety/private-...
• http://www.uk.filo.pl/uk_history_9.htm
• http://english.la.psu.edu/faculty-staff/specializations/19th-century-britis...

CITATIONS

• http://www.uk.filo.pl/uk_history_9.htm
• http://www.parliament.uk/about/living-heritage/transformingsociety/livingle...
• http://www.hierarchystructure.com/19th-century-england-social-hierarchy/