The Home Front

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What was DORA and when was it introduced?
August 1914. It censored what people could read and hear. It could also imprison people without a trial. It restricted people lives and meant that economic resources could be taken over for the war effort.
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Why was DORA introduced?
To give the public confidence in the war and protect them from the harsh truths.
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What happened to letters from the front because of DORA?
They were censored. It was also made illegal to talk about naval or military matters in public.
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What were the pictures used in papers often?
Staged
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What happened to John Maclean?
In October 1915 the Scottish communist was charged with comments aimed at prejudicing recruitment, and refused to pay the £5 fine. He spent 5 days in jail and lost his job.
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Who was put into prison for six months for publishing a pacifist article?
Bertrand Russel
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How did DORA control industry?
The government had the power to prevent people leaving jobs that were seen as necessary for the war effort.
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In what year did the army start to run out of shells?
1915
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True or false. DORA gave the government control of food rationing and alcohol consumption?
True
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What times were pubs open?
12-2:30 and 6-9:30
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Why was British summer time introduced?
Give more working hours.
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How did the government persuade people to think certain things?
Propaganda
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How did propaganda portray Germans?
Monsters. The aim was to encourage men to fight.
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What are three forms of propaganda?
Posters, films and pamphlets.
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Why were men keen to enroll in the army?
They thought that the war would be over by Christmas and didn't want to miss the fun.l
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What did a Yorkshire cricket team do?
Proposed at a meeting that they would all go to war together.
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How many men did Kitchener want to get in the army?
100,000
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How many men joined the army at the start of the war?
By the end of September 1914 175,000 had joined and 100,000 joined every month for the next year.
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What was a pals battalion? Was it a good idea?
Groups from the same area or town were put together. It was a good idea and encouraged pople to join but meant that many towns lost lots of people at the same time.
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Give an example of a trades battalion?
Hull Commercials
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What happened to the Grimsby and Sheffield battalions after the first day of the Somme?
Halved
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Heavy losses lead to conscription and the government made a register of men between which ages?
15-65
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What was the Derby scheme?
Men had to promise that they would sign up if asked. Married men would be asked to join last and those with good reason were exempt.
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What made the government have to use conscription?
Only half the men agreed to the Derby scheme and they needed men to fight.
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In January 1916 the first military service act stated what?
Single men aged 18-41 could be called up.
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When did the second military service act extend to married men?
May 1916
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What two jobs were among those included in the ones that were too important for the war effort for the men to be conscripted from?
Train drivers and miners.
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What league did conscientious objectors set up?
British Neutrality League to oppose the war
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What was set up in 1916 by COs?
Non-conscription fellowship
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Where were COs often abused?
Tribunals
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What word was used to describe COs?
Cowards
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What did COs often do?
Non-combatant duties such ambulance drivers.
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How many absolutists were jailed?
1500 for refusing to go to war, even if doing non-combatant roles.
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True or false. Conshies never got the death sentence.
False, however the sentences were often commuted to hard labour.
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What was an alternativist?
Would do non-fighting work as long as it was not under military control.
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How did both countries try to prevent the other from getting supplies?
Navy blockade
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What effect did being an island have on the UK during the war?
We were dependent on the merchant navy to bring supplies.
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What did the Germans hope could help them win the war?
They hoped that they could starve Britain into submission.
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What did Germany announce in February 1915?
Merchant shipping entering or leaving British waters would be sunk.
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How many sailings each week were there to or from Britain?
15,000
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How many U-boats did Germany have in 1915? How many did they have by 1917?
21 in 1915. Nearly 200 by 1917
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In April 1917 how much food did the UK have?
6 weeks worth
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What was a convey system?
Merchant ships sailed together protected by Royal Navy Destroyers.
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Why did food prices increase during the war?
UK farmers couldn't produce enough.
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In 1916 a shortage of grain lead to what?
Banning of white bread
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What did the government ask people to limit in 1917?
Meat consumption
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How much did the royal family reduce consumption by in 1917?
A quarter
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When was rationing made compulsory?
1918. they had tried to avoid it because of the admin costs involved.
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When was sugar rationed and what followed?
Sugar was rationed on 1st January, and by May margarine, jam, butter and tea had been added.
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What were afternoon tea guests expected to do?
Bring their own sugar
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What were some of the jobs that city women might take?
Bus conductors, drivers or railway workers.
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What happened to women in March 1915?
A register of women willing to work was made.
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Were all women given roles initially?
No so in July 1915 suffragettes demonstrated for the right to serve.
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How many work shortages were there because of conscription?
2 million
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Where did the government employ many women?
Munitions factories.
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How many women worker in Woolwich arsenal by 1917?
27,000. In 1914 there had only been 125
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What was the name given to munition workers?
Canaries
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What was the pay increase for women from before the war doing serving to during making bombs?
It was £4 a week compared to the £2 a month for domestic work.
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By the end of the war, how many women worked in engineering jobs?
800,000
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Did propaganda encourage women to work?
Yes, in munitions and in the land army or nursing at the front
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What social changes affected women in the war?
They started to wear trousers, drink in pubs and wear makeup.
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Since when could women work in the armed forces?
1917
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How many women joined the WAAC, WRNS or WRAF?
100K
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How many women served as nurses at the front?
23,000
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Who took part in poster campaigns?
Mother's Union encouraged women to join their sons into the army.
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What was given to men who did not do their part?
They were given white feathers and skirts.
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What was the increases of women workers over the war?
13%
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