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domestic impact of the great war, : - Coggle Diagram
domestic impact of the great war
Society and cultures
Defence of the realm act - 8th August 1914
4 days after war started
censored letters from soldiers :
government could take over land
british summer time was introduced
rationing
Was enforced due to merchant ships being sunken by enemy submarines cutting off food supplies and aimed to reduce food prices and save food supplies
people could only buy a certain amount of food each week from a specific shop and butcher they were registered with
some were encouraged to grow their own food to help relive pressure on farms and food suppliers
was inforced in scotland by april 1918
changing role of women
the representation of the peoples act 1918 gave women over 30, householders, wives of householders, occupiers of property over £5 rent or graduates of uni gave women the vote
the suffragists (peaceful) and suffragettes (violent) were formed both to achieve suffrage
4 main reasons women got the vote were - campaigners (suffragist + suffragettes), Politically (middle class would vote for liberals), petitions and womens war work
propaganda
conscription
military service act 1918- married men up to the age of 51 were forced to join
Some men were exempt from service: those medically unfit,ministers of religion, widowed men with children and essential workers (miners, engineers farmers)
Military service act was made due to lack of men volunteering to fight after people realised the mass casualties and deaths
casualties and deaths
said to be 74,000 deaths but probably 100,000-150,000
conscientious objectors
Some people were called conscientious objecter due to them refusing to fight for reasons such as politics, religion and being a pacifist
forced to work as streacher bearers or if they refused they were sent to prisons- often not welcomed home by friends of family
Industry and economy
Womens war work
womens land army
Voluntary aid detachment (vads0
munition workers
the womens auxiliary army corps (WAACs)
reserved occupations
bust of heavy industry
impact on fishing and agriculture
new industry
politics
impact of womens suffrage
rent strikes
homes fit for heroes
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