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1. Recruitment

   • Why people joined
     • Sense of adventure
       • war was supposed to be over by Christmas
     • Shame of not joining
       • Peer Pressure
       • Gain respect
     • Many people hadn't been abroad before
   • Conscription
     • Introduced because there weren't enough people joining up after Christmas 1914
     • There were to many casulties and not enough soldiers joining up to replace them
     • Battle of the Somme
     • National Registration act
       • Men and Women aged between 16 and 65 had give details age and occupation
         • The Derby Scheme
           • Men promised that they would join if they were asked to and no married men would be called up.
             • Miltiary Service act
               • All men aged betwwen 18 and 41 had to go and fight and Men with an occupation which produced war materials didn't have to go.

2. Rationing

   • Tried voluntary rationing in 1917
   • Full rationing stated at the end of 1917
     • You were allowed 5oz Butter; 8oz Sugar; 2oz lard, 20oz meat and 8 oz Bacon
   • Introduced because there wasn't enough food due to German U-boats
   • DORA allowed the goverment to take over land in order for them to grow crops

3. Role of women during the war

   • Suffragists and Suffragettes stopped their campaign for votes
   • The White Feather campaign
   • Women joined the 'Land Army'
     • Worked in Munition factories making bullets and shells