Life at home incl. DORA, munitions and bombings

Question 1

When was DORA introduced?

Answer 1

8th August 1914

Question 2

What was DORA?

Answer 2

Defence of the Realm Act- it gave the government more powers to control aspects of everyday life: power to seize any land or building they needed and to take over industries needed for the war effort and to control what the public knew about the war through censorship

Question 3

Where was the first shelling from a ship?

Answer 3

Scarborough

Question 4

When was the first shelling?

Answer 4

16th December 1914

Question 5

How many people died in the first shelling?

Answer 5

119

Question 6

When was the first air bombing of Britain by a German zeppelin?

Answer 6

January 1915

Question 7

When was the munitions crisis?

Answer 7

1915

Question 8

Who became Prime Minister in 1916?

Answer 8

Lloyd George

Question 9

When was the Ministry of Labour set up?

Answer 9

1916

Question 10

In 1917 German submarines sunk what percentage of British merchant ships?

Answer 10

25%

Question 11

What happened as a result of German submarines sinking British merchant ships?

Answer 11

Food supplies started to run very low- at one point Britain only had 6 weeks supply of wheat left

Question 12

When was voluntary rationing introduced?

Answer 12

May 1917

Question 13

When was compulsory rationing introduced?

Answer 13

Early 1918

Question 14

Give 2 examples of towns bombed by zeppelins

Answer 14

Great Yarmouth and King’s Lynn

Question 15

How many people were killed in Britain overall by Zeppelin raids?

Answer 15

About 557 people were killed and another 1,358 people were injured

Question 16

What was the munitions crisis?

Answer 16

There was a huge shortage of shells, bullets and armaments on the Western Front due to insufficient planning and an insufficient amount of workers

Question 17

What did the soldiers have to do during the munitions crisis?

Answer 17

New soldiers had to train with wooden sticks instead of rifles, as there weren’t enough to go round and there were reports that soldiers in the front lines were rationed to three rounds of ammunition a day

Question 18

Who was made Minister of Munitions in 1915?

Answer 18

Lloyd George

Question 19

What did Lloyd George do to try and solve the munitions crisis?

Answer 19

He tried to force skilled workers to stay where they were instead of moving to where the best pay was, and also brought women into the workforce

Question 20

What happened to prices during the food shortage?

Answer 20

Prices rose- wages had hardly risen, but prices were double what they had been in 1914. Shops had to close early each afternoon as they ran out of goods to sell, and many poor people did not even have enough money to buy a loaf of bread

Question 21

How did the Royal Family lead the way with voluntary rationing?

Answer 21

They announced that they were aiming to reduce their consumption of bread by 25% and to dramatically reduce their use of flour

Question 22

What did the Government do in November 1917?

Answer 22

They brought in laws to try and control the prices of bread, called ‘The Ninepenny Loaf’, and published many posters to try and encourage people to be more economical

Question 23

What did compulsory rationing control the use of?

Answer 23

Sugar, butter, meat and beer