Unit 1. Chapter 3 - The Home Front Flashcards
How many people attended the anti war demonstration in Glasgow
August 1914v
5,000
What happened to the recruitment figures in 1915?
They started to fall
What was the 1916 military service acts ?
When unmarried men went to war then it changed to married men
What were the expletives on not going to the war?
Illness
Work of national importance
Hardship to family
COs
What percentage of the COs members in Scotland were from the ILP?
70%
What are the suffragists
A campaign that helped women gain the vote.
They were the peaceful group
Who were the suffragettes
Another group to help women gain the vote
These were the militant group
What were the suffragettes offered at the start of the war?
£2,000 grant to suspend campaign
What did women do when conscription was introduced
They soon started to come to do the men’s jobs
How many Scottish women are in the munitions
30,000
Who is Maurice Chrisholm?
A nurse at the first aid posts in Belgium - order of Leopold
Who was Elsie ingles?
Scottish women’s hospital committee.
Got doctors to war zones
Set up 4 Scottish women’s hospitals.
What was the Rent Strikes of 1915?
Women being bullied into paying high rents and if they didn’t they would get evicted.
What were the tactics used in the rent strikes?
Blocking of the stairs
Flour bombs and trousers
When was the rent restriction act,
Froze rents at 1914 level
What was the Representation of People’s Act 1918?
When women over 30 gained the vote
40% of the electorate vote.
What was wrong with the Representation of People’s Act?
Many of the women excluded.
What happened to the women after the men came back after war?
They lost their jobs and they were given back to men
What percentage of women were back in domestic services after the war?
25%
What is DORA
Defence of the Realm Act
It gave emergency powers for security of the country
When did DORA come into power
8th of August 1914
What did the government do with DORA?
Censorship- newspapers and soldiers letters Took control over munitions-1915 And over coal -1917 Rationing introduced. 1917 Opening of pubs and closing of pubs
What percentage of the population opposed the war?
0.5%
