explain the impact of ww1 on scottish industry

Question 1

scotlands steel industry thrived durring the war and production was very high

Answer 1

it was needed to build weapons and ships to be used as part of the war effort
90% of armour platting came from glasgow and around 24,000 scotsmen were in full time employment making steel durring the war

Question 2

coal was also in very high demand durring the war

Answer 2

this was needed to fuel trains for example which moved weapons and soldures to the western front when they were needed
coal mines were brought under government control in scotland to increase production and new technology and working methods supported this. under the military service act 1915, coal miners could not volunteer for military service

Question 3

the jute industry also thrived durring the war and production increased greatly

Answer 3

sandbags were made using jute to line trenches in an atempt to provent bullets hitting soldures - dundee mills were producing 6 million sandbags a month

Question 4

the war had a negative impact on coal mining in the post war years

Answer 4

demand fell for coal as a fuel to heat homes across scotland - electricity and gas was becoming increasingly popular in new council houses being built and oil was being used too

Question 5

after the war demand for jute declined

Answer 5

trade restrictions previously in place on foreign competitors in India were lifted and they could produce jute cheaper and more efficiently. At this time dundee mills were in desperate need of investment and repair in order to make them competitive

Question 6

after the war ended, many munitions factories which had been placed under government control for the duration of the war returned to there pre-war owners

Answer 6

many war time factories closed down.
the huge HM site at Gretna was parcelled into lots in an attempt to sell it off

Question 7

the great war had a positive impact on scottish shipbuilding

Answer 7

all yards stopped work on merchant vessels and converted them into war ships. passenger liners were converted into troop carriers immediately after the outbreak of war. between 1914-1918 481 war ships were built on the clyde

Question 8

munitions were a huge part of the war effort and after the introduction of the munitions of war act 1915 munitions factory’s were brought under government control

Answer 8

production became more efficiant and there were 6 purpose built munitions factory’s located on clydeside were many skilled engineering workers were located