c1700 - c1900 - Industrialisation

Question 1

Features of steam trains

Answer 1

• supplies could be moved at 20mph rather than 10 miles a day in wagons
• enabled troops to move 15x faster than they could on foot

Question 2

Features of steamships

Answer 2

• had screw propellers meaning the ships sailed 2x faster than sailing ships
• requisitioned steamships took less than 3 weeks to ship men and supplies

Question 3

What did the development of fulminate of mercury do?

Answer 3

Provided the explosive that led to percussion bullets

Question 4

What did the invention of nitroglycerine lead to?

Answer 4

The development of smokeless gunpowder

Question 5

What was the impact of the electric telegraph on communications?

Answer 5

Governments and army staff could use it to contact generals on campaign. Newspaper reporter relied on this info to write their reports

Question 6

What happened in 1774 for technology? (Cannon barrels)

Answer 6

John wilkinson patented a more accurate boring method for creating lighter cannon barrels

Question 7

What happened in 1856 for technology? (Steel)

Answer 7

Henry bessemer patented a method of mass-producing steel cheaply, reducing the cost/per ton from £60 to £7

Question 8

What happened in 1857 for technology?

Answer 8

George armstrong pioneered the breech-loading, rifled ‘armstong gun’ used throughout the british army

Question 9

What happened in 1884 for technology?

Answer 9

Hiram maxim developed the maxim gun, which used the firing recoil to reload the fire chamber, allowing 500 bullets to be fired before reloading

Question 10

Old and new technology

Answer 10

The period after 1850 saw new and old technology being used at the same time.

Question 11

What did britain use in 1854 for telegraphs

Answer 11

In 1854, the British started a Military Telegraph detachment within the Royal Engineers. They built and operated the first field telegraph: a 24-mile network connected eight telegraph stations across the Crimean battlefront.