Impact of war 11-13

Question 1

6 reasons why women gained the vote

Answer 1

Suffragists
Suffragettes
War work
Changing status of women
Men were getting it
Government attitudes changing

Question 2

6 tactics used by the Suffragettes

Answer 2

Chained to railings
Window breaking
Blowing up post boxes
Cutting phone wires
Slashing paintings
Acid on golf courses

Question 3

6 facts about the rent strikes

Answer 3

Landlords put up rents by 25%
Women’s groups form in protest
Evictions met with protests
Flour bombs and fruit
People gather outside courts
Strikes elsewhere

Question 4

6 ways in which voting was changed in 1918

Answer 4

Women over 30
Women must though own property or be married to a property owner
Men over 21
Men over 19 if army
9.2 mill women voters
Electorate triples