The Home Front

Question 1

What kind of war was the first world war?

Answer 1

Total war

Question 2

What was recruitment?

Answer 2

Getting people to join the army by huge poster campaigns

Question 3

When was conscription introduced?

Answer 3

1916

Question 4

What was conscription?

Answer 4

Compulsory enrolment in the armed forces

Question 5

What were conscientious objectors?

Answer 5

People who refused to fight in war because of strong personal beliefs

Question 6

What happened to conscientious objectors?

Answer 6

They were imprisoned

Question 7

If women were enrolled into the armed forces, what jobs did they do?

Answer 7

Nurses
Cooks
Drivers
Telephonists

Question 8

What does DORA stand for?

Answer 8

The defence of the realm act

Question 9

When was the act of DORA passed?

Answer 9

August 1914

Question 10

What did DORA allow the government to do?

Answer 10

To take over the coal mines, railways and shipping.

Question 11

Who became the minister of munitions?

Answer 11

David Lloyd George

Question 12

What are munitions?

Answer 12

Military equipment

Question 13

In terms of munitions, what did David Lloyd George set up?

Answer 13

Munitions factories

Question 14

Why did the government work with trade unions?

Answer 14

To prevent strikes

Question 15

Why did the workforce reduce?

Answer 15

Because many men left to join the army

Question 16

When was rationing introduced?

Answer 16

1918

Question 17

What were the 6 ways that the home front in Britain was affected by the war?

Answer 17

Recruitment 
DORA 
Reduced workers
Rationing 
Propaganda 
Civilian casualties

Question 18

How did women help the war effort? (4 marks)

Answer 18

1. Some were recruited
2. Many worked at munitions factories
3. They took on traditional men’s jobs
4. They helped with rationing

Question 19

When did women over 30 years get the vote?

Answer 19

1918

Question 20

When did women over 21 years get the vote?

Answer 20

1928

Question 21

What was a social change for women after the war?

Answer 21

They became more liberated and fashionable

Question 22

By March 1916, how many volunteers were there for the armed forces?

Answer 22

2.5 million

Question 23

When was the shelling of Scarborough?

Answer 23

Dec 1914