The Era of the Great War-Scottish Topic

Question 1

Describe the alliances

Answer 1

britain, france and russia=triple entente
germany, italy, austria-hungary=triple alliance

Question 2

Mention some things about dreadnoughts

Answer 2

rotating turrets, 12” guns, 10” thick armour, crew of 800,speed of 23 knots

Question 3

Why did men join the army?

Answer 3

patriotism, sense of adventure, propaganda, social pressure, war over by christmas, conscription

Question 4

Describe an advantage and a disadvantage of the vickers machine gun

Answer 4

fired up to 600 bullets a minute, one stationary position
could often overheat, fixed by cooling down by peeing on it

Question 5

Describe some advantages of tanks

Answer 5

could roll over trenches and barbed wire, ended the stalemate, gave cover to troops,caused panic

Question 6

Describe some disadvantages of tanks

Answer 6

always sinking in mud, very slow (4mph), unable to withstand artillery, uncomfortable to drive due to heat from engine

Question 7

Describe the main three gases

Answer 7

chlorine gas-yellow and green, bleachy smell, creates acid in stomach when inhaled

mustard gas-colourless and odourless, blisters damaging the skin, breathing issues

phosogene-colourless with musty odour, causes suffocation up to 48 hrs after

Question 8

Describe one pro and one con of gas as a weapon

Answer 8

pro-mass killings
con-could kill your own side if the wind shifted

Question 9

Name as many DORA restrictions as possible

Answer 9

-beer watered down to 2%
-pubs closing times changed
-no burning bonfires
-no flying flags
-no ringing church bells
-censorship of newspapers
-no taking photos of military bases
-bst introduced to allow longer working days
-no owning homing pigeons
-no writing in invisible ink

Question 10

What was shipbuilding like during and after the war?

Answer 10

DURING-controlled by government, lots of ships being built, employment at an all time high-200,000 workers

AFTER-slow almost terminal decline, lack of investment in new tech, worldwide depression

Question 11

What was the jute industry like during and after the war?

Answer 11

DURING- 6 million sandbags produced per month, good for jute industry, 60% of Dundee women worked in the jute mills,wages high bc in demand

AFTER-foreign competition (India, where the stuff is grown), demand for sandbags almost completely stopped, unemployment at 70% in Dundee by 1931

Question 12

What was the fishing industry like before and during the war?

Answer 12

BEFORE-largest fishing fleet in europe,exporting to all of eastern europe and russia etc, Herring girls-gut fish

DURING- admiralty took control of almost all east coast ports, export markets lost, near to 100 fishing boats sunk during war

Question 13

What was the farming industry during and after the war?

Answer 13

DURING- wages almost doubled by the end of the war, encouraged to reproduce by government, up to woman and young boys to do labor on farms as men were enlisted

AFTER-governments financial help stopped, worldwide prices fell by 25%, new machines reduced need for workers

Question 14

Describe the ways that suffragETTES tried to get the vote

Answer 14

hunger strike
Mary ‘slasher’ Richardson
Emily Davison- tries to put banner on kings horse, knocked down and killed
attacking MPs
smashing in windows
explosions/arson of buildings
cutting telephone wires
sending letter bombs

Question 15

What jobs did woman do during the war?

Answer 15

literally all of them but
factories-munitions, jute
shipbuilding
housework
farming
herring girls

Question 16

Were the SuffraGISTS succesful?

Answer 16

had over half the MPS on their side but by 1914 women still did not have the vote
at one point they has over 50,000 members

Question 17

What caused the rent strikes in 1918/19?

Answer 17

landlords raised rents as city populations grew
tenants who couldn’t pay were thrown out

Question 18

Name some reasons why people were conscientious objectors

Answer 18

religious
political
pacifists