War In The Industrial Age

*i attempted to sign on and when it didn't work repeatedly i wrote out the answers, i hope these are still acceptable

Questions:

1.Kings tried to return their armies to a more traditional role by making them "smaller professional armies, consisting of long-term troops and aristocratic officers." This meant that they were only allowing upper class members of society to fight. Therefore not everyone could serve to protect their country. As well as that if you were in the army you had to stay in it for a very long time.

2.Mass production along with improved technologies and "more effective communications" were major developments in military and non-military technology. The means of mass production meant that weapons could be made consistantly and at a more effective rate, while improved technologies meant that they were deadlier. As for communications, they aided in allowing troops to establish communication from the battlefield to the base.

3.The technologies which improved the rifle were:
*The percussion cap - a more efficent way of igniting the gun powder than the flint
*The minie bullet - a grooved bullet which had more accuracy and range due to it's build
*Breech-loading - a faster way of loading the gun by a break in the stock

4. The firepower of artillery was increased by the same methods of breech-loading which were used on the rifle. Because of this, artillery was made into rifled guns which were simplified versions of the regular artillery, but more effective.

5. Railroads aided in:
*moving troops from one place where needed to the next
*allowing constant supplies (weapons and ammunition)
*supplying more troops to battlefields
*less work for the troops instead of walking to their field and tiring out
*quick removal of the wounded and dead

6. The telegraph helped generals in battle by allowing instant sending of urgent messages to base. However, if one was to want to communicate with another set of troops, the use of a messanger or another way of communcation was necessary.