WW1 S2 Flashcards
What do you think life was like for women before WW1?
Unable to vote, few working in ‘domestic services’, low pay, expected to look after family
What is a suffragist?
They were woman part of the woman’s rights movement the more peaceful and law-abiding group
What is a suffragette?
A more violent group in the woman’s rights movement who were aggressive and often arrested
What jobs did woman mainly do in WW1?
Munitions
What did munitions involve?
Making shells, weapons and chemicals, dangerous and unhealthy, nicknamed ‘canaries’ as the chemicals turned their skins yellow, pay higher
What tactics did the suffragists use?
Talking to MP’S and holding peaceful protests but these methods were slow
What tactics did the suffragettes use?
The suffragettes used violent methods like, shouting at politicians, marches, chained themselves to railings etc.
What is it called when you try and persuade people to think a certain way?
Propaganda
Why did the government use propaganda?
They needed to recruit lots of soldiers
What were the posters saying?
Trying to make men feel guilty, embarrassed, proud, concerned etc.
What are some recruitment tactics?
Posters, public meetings, stories of German cruelty, the threat of shame, door-to-door visits, white feathers, music hall recruitment and songs and poems
When did trench warfare begin?
September 1914
When were the German army forced to retreat?
After the battle of Marne in September 1914, the Schlieffen plan failing
How did trench warfare start?
Rather than give up the territory which they had, the Germans dug to protect themselves
Where were the trenches?
The trenches stretched for 400 miles from the English channel down to Switzerland
