industrial revolution Flashcards
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what was it
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- 1845-1914 a period of profound political, technological, and social changes
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invention and tech
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coal and iron led to steamships and railways
tin cans to transport food
electric telegraph
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impact of inventions
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- led to greater access to transport through railways
- brought standardised mass production of weaponry
- new era of instant communication
- better way to transport food which will last for longer sustaining armies
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US civil war
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1861-1865 - Bloodiest war in American history. 620,000 died and 500,000 injured
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what was used in civil war
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- rifles + minie ball more effective and contributed to death toll
- incorporated railways for first time
- telegraph used extensively for communication of orders
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tactical crisis
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- The advent of modern weapons meant that the defence now had a decisive advantage over the offence
- Tactical crisis was driven by inventions such as the machine gun- patented by Hiram Maxim in 1884
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the machine gun
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could sustain a rapid rate of fire with the recoil of one fired bullet automatically loading the next
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weapons and tech
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- High explosives were invented – enabled more and precise destruction
- In France, quick firing, recoilless artillery
- Smokeless power was invented which was 3x more powerful than old black powder
- Barbed wire - played a vital role in fortifying defensive positions
