Victorian ideals complemented their own beliefs about morals, hard work, success in business, and power.

They were very sure of themselves and had few doubts about their values and beliefs.

Victorian society was distinctly Christian.

The people of this era placed a high value on personal modesty and on "gravity", a kind of seriousness.

Victorian era was not grim, it was very optimistic.

Canadians thought of themselves as British.

Most English Victorians had no doubt that they were superior to all other peoples, and that to be born British was "to win the lottery of life."

Victorian values included a strict moral code and an obsession with social status.

The class system of Britain and Europe operated in the US and Canada.

Their occupation and social standing was still largely determined by family background and social connections.

Middle-class Victorians were very prudish, and they believed that people could be easily tempted to stray from proper behaviour.

Boxing was brutal until Britain's Marquis of Queensbury issued his famous rules for boxing. These rules, which recommended boxing gloves and limit the duration of rounds.

Surgeons preformed major operations without washing their appliances or even sometimes their hands. Operating rooms were never sterile, and smoking in the operating room was fairly common. So many new germs were introduced to a patient's body.

Books and magazines were very popular because many people could read. Stories were published weekly so that people had to read next week's issue to follow it. Charles Dickens's stories were successful.

In the nineteenth century, people were amazed as scientists and inventors made discoveries, many which seemed like magic. Discoveries came so fast, and many ideas were so new, that understanding was often difficult. Scientists debated the origin if disease, the causes of which were not well understood.

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