great war

Question 1

why did Scots join

Answer 1

• said to be exciting or glamorous
• meant to end by Christmas
• friends signed up
• chance to go abroad (holiday)
• lies about Germans (rape, murder of baby’s and torture of civilians)
• to be payed , wages

Question 2

weapons

Answer 2

• artillery
• gas
• tanks
• mg’s
• aircraft

Question 3

artillery

Answer 3

• destroyed barbed wire and enemy defences
• crew of 6
• most deaths caused
• slow to move

Question 4

Gas

Answer 4

chlorine gas
- colourless
- smells of bleach
- respiratory damage
phosgene gas
- colourless
- smells of cut hay
- respiratory damage
- fluid build-up
mustard gas
- dark yellow
- smells of garlic
- chemical burns

Question 5

tanks

Answer 5

• slow
• stuck in mud
• field guns
• mg’s
• can cross trenches up to 2.5m wide
• made by British

Question 6

Mg’s

Answer 6

• 600 rpm
• 4500 yard range
• water jacket
• detachable barrel
• most effective

Question 7

aircraft

Answer 7

• New
• recon, photography of enemy lines
• later development added mg’s

Question 8

trenches

Answer 8

infections or diseases
- mud ankle deep (trench foot)
- rats and lice
food
- canned stew
fear
- shell shock (PTSD)
- snipers
- artillery
- death

Question 9

DORA

Answer 9

defence of the realm act
- gave the government wide-ranging powers.
- the government had the power to take over factories turning them into munition works.
- The government censored the press
- Effect people’s lifes
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Question 10

rationing

Answer 10

short supply’s of
- sugar, meat, butter

propiganda

Question 11

changing role of women

Answer 11

women in the workforce
- munition factories (30,000 joined)
- agriculture (thousands joined)
- transport
- tram drivers
- bus drivers
- police
removed from jobs after the war

Question 12

Propiganda

Answer 12

used by the government to influence people’s opinions on the war
- encouraged Scots to enlist
- encouraged Scots to ration food
- gain public support for the war and boost morale

Question 13

conscription

Answer 13

soldiers were desperately needed

• by law all men 18 to 40 were forced to join the war
• changed to include married men in march 1916
• changed to up to 50 in 1918

Question 14

conscientious objectors

Answer 14

exempt from conscription
- Farm workers
- munition workers
- mine workers
- religious views

Question 15

deaths (scots)

Answer 15

the exact count will never be known
- official number stated at 75,000
- more likely to be 150,000
- 26.4% death rate for Scots

Question 16

War work

Answer 16

industry’s were boosted thanks to the war
- ship building on the Clyde
- boosted employment
- (Dundee) sandbags for trenches
- increase in scottish agriculture
- employment in munitions factories that provides weapons and shels to the war

Question 17

reserved occupations

Answer 17

men employed in the war effort such as coal mining, shipbuilding, and munitions could apply for exemption from service

Question 18

post war decline in heavy industry

Answer 18

The boom from heavy industries did not last after the war
- unemployment rose
- war created large demands that were not met after the war
- British industries such as coal mining, steel and iron production and textiles now faced global competitors

Question 19

fishing and agriculture

Answer 19

Scotland had a profitable fishing business before the war
- fishing was restricted due to fear of attacks from the Germans U-boats
- fish was rationed
- some farmers gained 150% wage increase

Question 20

New industry (1920)

Answer 20

some growths of new industries in britain
- electricity
- gas

• less use of coal

Question 21

campaigns for women’s sufferage

Answer 21

sufragists
- peacfull
suffragettes
- millitant

they both campaigned for the women’s right to vote
- they supported the war efforts
hunger strikes
- women were then force fed in prison

Question 22

health effects that the industry had on women

Answer 22

TNT
- turned skin yellow as it was poisoned

Acid
- poisoned gums and led to loss of teeth

Question 23

the right to vote

Answer 23

• men over 21 could vote but no women in 1914
• 1918 men 21+ or 19 if they had fought in active service and ‘respectable’ women over 30
• 21 million more people could now vote (8.4m women)
• by 1928 women could vote equally like men

Question 24

homes fit for heros

Answer 24

soldiers would have clean and sanitary homes when they returned. maby people couldn’t afford these homes due yo the unemployment crisis

Question 25

rent strikes

Answer 25

women would block off areas like closes and sqaures with prams.

would throw flour, rotting food and wet clothes at people trying to stop them.