Start Of Ww1-

Question 1

Responses to war

Answer 1

total war’
-aug 4th 1914, 11pm
-aug 9th troops sent to Germany
-trade unions suspended strikes
-Edward grey (forgein security since 1905) wanted war with entente
-spending from 1906-14, 35-91 mill mostly on dreadnoughts so people not concerned
-David Lloyd George felt inspired by people’s spirit ( before conscription compulsory in 1916 3 mill already signed up)

Question 2

Women in ww1

Answer 2

-canary’s
-900000 worked in amo industry
-1916 WAAC established
-90000 VAD’s
-17000 served close to the trenches
-1921 fa banned women’s football, 1969 it was lifted
-1918 women over 30 can vote
-by 1918 they made up 1/3 of the workforce
-in banking and finances female workers went up by 600%
-1919 sex disqualification act
-1.2 mill civil servants in 1918

Question 3

conscious objectors

Answer 3

-tavistock square commemorates conchies
-1916, military servics act
*16,000 apply for excemption
*all unmarried men 14-41 must fight
-absolutists did nothing to help war
-non combat workers called alternatavists
-irish men not in conscription
-some conscious objectors sentanced to death at a port in france, but no threats carried out
-battle of somme 60,000 died july 1st 1916
-tribunal a newspaper made be conscious objectors

Question 4

DORA

Answer 4

-aug 1914
-censorship
-conscription 18-42 obliged
-rationing
-lisencing hours reduced
-clock change
-diluted beer

Question 5

war time polotics

Answer 5

-aug 1914-may 1915 asquith lib gov
-may 1915- dec 1916 asquith coalition gov
-dec 1916- nov 1918 lloyd george co gov
-war cabinet insident, DLG incharge of it
-conservatives told asquith thye wouldnt serve in collition gov if dlg wasnt there
-1916 only daily news liked asquith
-liberal party devided between asquithians and dlg followers

Question 6

war time labour

Answer 6

*july 1917 stockholm conference
*an attempt to negoticate peace
*possible after 1917 russians feb revolotuion
* france didnt want russia there, so labour kicked him out and gained respect
*1918 representation of peoples act inc voters from 7mill-21 mill
*labour voters rose 7%-22%

Question 7

liberal

Answer 7

-liberal war state was very differnt to not at war
-irish nationalists felt betrayed by liberals
-education act 1918
*leave skl at 14
*medical inspections compulsory
*nurserys
-image destroyed

Question 8

conservatives

Answer 8

-1918 1/3 working class didnt vote labour in coupon election
-many young conservatives like harold macmillian came back from trecnhes with new mindsets