Industrialisation

Question 1

Steam-powered transport

Answer 1

Trains-enabled troops to move 15x faster
Supplies could me moved 20mph instead of 10 miles a day

Ships-sailed twice as fast as sailing ships
Took less than three weeks to ship men and supplies to the crimea , where they were used in warfare for the first time

Question 2

Communications

Answer 2

The electric telegraph had a significant impact communication . Governments could now contact generals on campaign .

Newspapers relied on these telegraphs to inform the public about the war

In 1854 the military telegraph was started . These engineers built and operated the first field telegraph . A 24 mile network connected eight telegraph stations across the crimean battle front

Question 3

Mass production

Answer 3

By the 1850s metal production had improved . This allowed governments to equip a whole army with reliable weaponry at a small cost as the weaponry was identical and the materials used where cheap

Question 4

Science

Answer 4

Developement of fulminate mercury provided tye explosives that led to percussion bullets

The invention of nitroglycerine led to the developement of smokeless gunpowder

Question 5

Old and new technology

Answer 5

After 1850 new and old technology was used together , for example hordes where still used while steam trains where active and the brown bess was used alongside newer rifles