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Late September 1914
3/4 million volunteers enlisted
1 of 43
January 1916
Military Service Act
2 of 43
Military Service Act
Conscription single men 18-40
3 of 43
1918
Representation of the People Act
4 of 43
Representation of the People Act
Vote for women over 30, men over 21
5 of 43
June 5th 1918
Lord Kitchner drowned at sea
6 of 43
1917
Convoy System
7 of 43
Convoy System
Boats surrounded supply boats to protect them
8 of 43
1919
Sex Disqualification Removal Act
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Sex Disqualification Removal Act
Women parliament, juries, jobs in law
10 of 43
1916
Easter Rising
11 of 43
August 1914
DORA - Defence of the Realm Act
12 of 43
1915
2 million shells
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1918
187 million shells
14 of 43
1915
Neuve Chapelle Offensive
15 of 43
1913
Spending £200 million
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1918
Spending £2600million
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Loan gave Britatin £....million
5000
18 of 43
War costing Britain $.... per day
5 million
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Summer 1916
Married men 18-40 conscripted
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February 1918
Men up to 50 conscripted
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1914-1918
Income tax quadrupled
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During WW1 trade union membership rose from ....to ....
4 million to 6 million
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John Stuart Mill
1st MP to recognise women suffrage
24 of 43
1903
Suffragettes formed
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Emily Davison
Suffragett, horse, derby in Epsom
26 of 43
1913
Prisoner's Temporary Discharge of Ill Health Act
27 of 43
1918
Women 1/3 of the workforce
28 of 43
1918
80% munitions workers were women
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December 1918
Labour 63 seats and 24 million votes
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1920
Agricultural Act
31 of 43
1921
Emergancy Powers Act
32 of 43
1920
Government of Ireland Act
33 of 43
1921
Anglo-Irish Treaty
34 of 43
1921
Unemployement 2 million
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1919
Police strikes in Liverpool, riots in Glasgow
36 of 43
May 1920
Dockers refused to load ships
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April 1921
National Miners Strike
38 of 43
Agricultural Act
Guaranteed minimum prices for producers
39 of 43
Sankey Commisson
Set upto try and negotiate with miners
40 of 43
Triple Alliance
Railywaymen,miners and transport workers threatening united action against government and employers
41 of 43
Sinn Fein
Irish Nationalist group
42 of 43
Genoa Conference
To try sort tension between France and Germany
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Card 2

Front

Military Service Act

Back

January 1916

Card 3

Front

Conscription single men 18-40

Back

Preview of the back of card 3

Card 4

Front

Representation of the People Act

Back

Preview of the back of card 4

Card 5

Front

Vote for women over 30, men over 21

Back

Preview of the back of card 5
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