Question

Which of the following statements best describes Queen Victoria’s impact on Great Britain during the Industrial Revolution?

A.She contributed to economic growth by strictly following laissez-faire policies. 
B.She banned the practice of requiring poor workers to live in public workhouses. 
C.She supported reforms that improved education and sanitation for poor families. 
D.She created laws that granted wealthy women political equality with men.

Answer 1

The statement that best describes Queen Victoria's impact on Great Britain during the Industrial Revolution is C. She supported reforms that improve education and sanitation for poor families.

Queen Victoria signed in law several Acts created to improve the life conditions of the working class. Examples are the Mines Act (1842), the Education Act (1870), and the Health Act (1875).

The Mines Act of 1842 prohibited all females and boys under ten years old from working underground in coal mines.

The Education Act of 1870  enabled children between the ages 5 and 13 in England and Wales to attend school under the direction of the school boards

The Health Act of 1875 is a public health act implemented to combat filthy urban living conditions by requiring new residential construction to include running water and internal drainage system. This act prohibited contractors from building shoddy housing.

Answer 2

Correct answer choice is :

C) She supported reforms that improved education and sanitation for poor families.

Explanation:

Victoria was the queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and Empress of India. She was the end of the House of Hanover and gave her name to a period, the Victorian Era. During her reign, the English state took on its new formal character.  Her reign, the longest in English history, saw advances in the industry, science, communications, and other kinds of technology. The construction of the railways and the London Underground, sewers, and power delivery networks, bridges and other engineering feats. A large number of inventions, a hugely extended empire, the different growth of wealth, with class diversity to the fore, huge poverty, the rise in urban populations with the growth of great cities like Manchester, Leeds, and Birmingham. Improved education, and great civic works, often supported by industrial philanthropists.