Everyday Life In The Trenches

Question 1

Diceases in the trenches

Answer 1

Trench foot caused by muddy conditions which could lead to amputation of the leg

Trench fever caused by lice digging deep into soldiers uniform and biting them

Trench mouth caused by lack of hygiene leading to mouth ulcers bleeding gums and bad breath

Question 2

Living conditions

Answer 2

It was unpleasant men lived in dugouts

Soldiers got very bored and often sad around and slept

The lack of food was a problem and often soldiers were lacking nutrients they were given tinned bully beef and rock solid biscuits.

Question 3

Technology of war

Answer 3

Rifle

The rifle was the standard weapon of the infantry solider it was a gun designed for accuracy and long range shooting

The machine gun

Caused severe casualties and was very important in defending the trenches

Gas attack

Gas was released from canisters and drifted across no man’s land causing soldiers to choke

Question 4

Recruitment

Answer 4

Men aged between 19-30 were called out to become a soldier for British army Kitchener would ask many volunteers and had a number in just 2 days.

Question 5

Animals in ww1

Answer 5

Fox: mascot/ kept morales high amongst the men

Horses: carried things like supplies and the wounded

Cats: mascot/ would hunt rats and help others bond

Camels: would carry wounded men to safety on the north west frontier of India in 1917 they could carry heavy loads

Question 6

The battle of the somme

How many were killed how many were wounded??

Answer 6

20,000 killed 40,000 wounded

Question 7

Dora : the defence of the realm act

Answer 7

Gave the government emergency powers to introduce measures which it felt were necessary to win the war.

Question 8

Restrictions of dora

Answer 8

Key industries like farming were taken over the result was the goverment wanted farms and colemines to produce as much as possible to help war effort.

In 1915 the goverment took over munitions factories this was to make more for war instead of ‘unecessary’ things like weapons

The goverment censored newspapers letters etc this was so spies couldn’t gather information and plans enemies had

Question 9

Conscription

Answer 9

Men were forced to go to war and it was against the law if they refused it was introduced because eventually there was a shortage of men signing up likely because the truth was beginning to come out

Question 10

Conscientious objector

Answer 10

Someone who never agreed with war and even if they were forced to go to war they still refused to go

Question 11

An absolutist

Answer 11

Someone who absolutely never agreed with war and wouldn’t put any effort in for it

Question 12

Alternativist

Answer 12

Someone who took part in another role for war instead of military work

Question 13

Reasons men objected to taking part in war

Answer 13

They never wanted to get hurt

They couldn’t because of religion

They were against violence in general

Question 14

Rationing

Answer 14

Allowing each person to have a fixed amount of something, for instance, in this case, was food

Question 15

What kinds of foods were being sunk on ships on their way to Britain?

Answer 15

Flour, wheat , and sugar

Question 16

Why rationing started

Answer 16

The German u-boat campaign was introduced during ww1 to stop importing certain foods so that Britain got so hungry that they wouldn’t want to participate anymore

Question 17

Ration cards

Answer 17

Ration cards were cards each family received that would get taken to shops to get stamped to prove they had been there for their weekly items that they could buy certain amounts of

Question 18

Attitudes towards women 1800s

Women and politics

Answer 18

Women weren’t allowed to vote and didn’t have a say in how the country was ran

Women had no rights and had many difficulties in their lives

Women weren’t allowed to participate in politics

Question 19

Attitudes towards women 1800s

Women and the law

Answer 19

When women got married their belongings were their husbands responsibility

Divorce was harder for women than it was men because most of the time men got custody of the children

Question 20

Attitudes towards women 1800s

Women and education

Answer 20

Women were less educated than men because men got a better education which meant there were less job opportunities for women and universities and colleges never wanted them

Question 21

Improvements

Answer 21

Eventually divorce was easier

Women could become teachers and nurses

They eventually got the same education as boys

They could keep onto their properties such as wages etc

Question 22

The suffragists

Answer 22

The suffragists were a peaceful group who would try to get the governments attention in a peaceful way

Question 23

The suffragists tactics

Answer 23

Public meetings , organised petitions, letters to politicians, published newspapers etc

Question 24

The suffragettes

Answer 24

Were a violent group who believed taking action was going to be a better way of getting the goverments attention

Question 25

Suffragettes tactics

Answer 25

Demonstrations, interrupted political meetings, chained themselves to public buildings so that the police couldn’t easily stop them from shouting their slogans , destroy golf courses

Question 26

Women’s war work

Answer 26

Workers in munitions factories- extra equipment being made meant they could have had a higher chance winning war Land army- there is a food crisis so it helps men get food Women police force- this would have meant there were more police to deal with issues and could take the spot of men who were away fighting at war

Question 27

Work completed by women that previously had been done by men

Answer 27

Secretaries Shop assistants Bus conductrasses Taxi drivers Police Telephone operators Undertakers Office cleaners

Question 28

Conditions for women making munitions

Answer 28

Sometimes there were explosions and women were killed Sometimes they developed lead poisoning or diceases from the chemicals which caused their hair to fall out and turned their skin yellow They worked 12 hours a day they were exhausted

Question 29

What was the name of the goverment act which gave women the vote in 1918

Answer 29

‘Representation of the people act’

Question 30

Ways that the suffragists helped women to gain the vote

Answer 30

Won the support of a lot of politicians with their peaceful campaign The goverment believed they were mature They showed how desperate they were for the vote without causing disruption and violence

Question 31

Ways the suffragettes helped women to gain the vote

Answer 31

Attracted a lot of publicity with their violent methods They got noticed quickly because something had to be done quickly with their violence They disrespected things that the goverment cared about so the goverment could see how angry they were about the inequality

Question 32

Ways that the women war work helped women to gain the vote

Answer 32

Their war work showed their independence and determination which men and the goverment could see They could see that women were just as important as men and they had the same ability as men They earned the vote due to risking their lives and getting yellow skin , being poisoned etc.