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| Question | Answer |
| What years were the Crimean War? | 1854-56 |
| What was Russia's pretext for the Crimean War? | Religion - they were going to turkey to protect the rights of Christians |
| What could Russia do if they got to the Black Sea? | Cut Britain off from India |
| When was the Battle of Alma? | September 1854 |
| When was the Siege of Sebastopol? | September 1854 - September 1855 |
| What were the 4 major impacts of reports? | 1. Expose how bad the British government is 2. Make heroes like ordinary soldiers 3. Raise money for nursing and medicine 4. Ruined the reputations of Lords |
| What is William Howard Russell's title? | The Times War Correspondent |
| Why did Roger Fenton not always photograph the true picture? | He was instructed not to record the horrors of the war and technology did not allow him to photograph moving objects |
| Why could Russell's reports be inadequate? | He was violently anti- Turk and anti-French, he did not witness all the events he wrote about, he was absent during the winter 1854-55 |
| How was the charge of the light brigade summarised? | A propaganda triumph but a military defeat |
| How many men were killed in the Charge of the Light Brigade? | 110 |
| Who issued the first order and who did it end up with? | Lord Raglan sent the order to Captain Nolan. Nolan send it to Lucan, but he realises it is suicide so passes it to Lord Cardigan. |
| What does Cardigan do? | Cardigan charges into the valley, realises they will die, so leaves without telling his men |
| What does Russell's report in The Times about Light Brigade do? | He acknowledges it is a defeat, but turns it into a heroic one by saying they were brave. |
| Who wrote the poem and what did it do? | Lord Tennyson, and he bases it on Russell's report, and makes ordinary people into legends |
| Why was supplying the war difficult? | Production is slow and the Crimea is far away |
| Why was the winer 1854-55 significant? | The British public realised there were problems |
| By November, what did the horses survive on? | A handful of barley a day |
| What happened in The Great Storm? | Winds sank British ships that were not in the dock |
| What was the Steamship Prince carrying? | All supplies ordered in August |
| How many leggings were lost? | 40,000 |
| Why did they not attack? | Russia were in the same situation |
| Why was Lord Cardigan a bad leader? | He went to his yacht and didn't allow ships in the harbour |
| How many men were killed by bad hygiene during the winter? | 5,000 |
| When did Nightingale arrive? | 4 November 1854 |
| When did medical care improve? | March 1855 |
| What did the Sanitary Commission do? | Investigated causes of disease in the hospital, drained cesspool, disinfected the walls and had one soldier per bed. |
| When did Mary Seacole set up her hospital? | Spring 1855 |
| Why was Mary seacole able to do this? | She could set up The British Hotel because she was wealthy and could get supplies |
| Why didn't the sanitary commission visit the british hotel? | It had good sanitation because she had done this before |
| What did Sidney Herbert do? | In 1855, he set up a national appeal for subscription to the nightingale fund |
| How much did the Nightingale fund receive? | several million pounds |
| Who were nurses before Nightingale? | Nuns and prostitutes |
| What did Nightingale do that Seacole didn't? | Interested in the future of nursing, introduced science to nursing, she was good at epidemiology |
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