How civilians were affected during the war (1)

VOLUNTARY RECRUITMENT
1. Britain had a small army so soldiers were needed
  1. Government encouraged men to join the war
2. Propaganda caused young men to want to join
3. 2 million joined up by 1916 so this was highly successful
CONSCRIPTION
1. Number of volunteers dropped in 1915 because more men were needed to replace the dead and injured but people realised how dangerous it really was.
2. Was seen as unfair if healthy men didn't participate
  1. Due to this the government introduced conscription
    1. This meant that any man between the age of 18 - 40 could be called into war at any time.
      1. This led to an equal amount of men fighting each month
CONCHIES
1. These were men who opposed fighting in the war
2. To show they had a reason for not fighting they had to go to a tribunal
3. If they turned out to be cowards they would most likely be sent to prision
4. Others would help women in factories and at the home front.
FAMILY LIFE
1. No one at home knew when their loved ones would be back
2. Would be hard to continue a normal life when the men returned
DORA
1. Defence Of the Ream Act
2. Gave the government power to control peoples lives
3. The government could take any war factory, land our buildings it needed
4. Took mines, shipping and railways for war effort
THE MUNITIONS CRISIS
1. The ammunition was running low to supply the army with
2. This meant they had to start rationing on guns and bullets
3. David Lloyd George became Minister of Munitions
  1. He did 2 things
    1. Skilled workers
      1. People were urged to stay in the jobs they were skilled in instead of changing to a better payed job
    2. Women
      1. They started to bring women into the forces. They argued that they would not work until they got equal pay to men.
4. Lloyd George ended up being successful
FEEDING THE COUNTRY
1. Used the land they took over for farming purposes
2. Women's land army was made in 1917
3. Britain had 6 weeks of wheat left
  1. Rich people were taking more food because they could afford it which meant the poor were getting hardly any
    1. This led to many things
      1. Pay Rises
      2. Voluntary rationing
      3. Bread price Control
      4. Recipes using less flour
4. South Wales had important industrial areas and started going on food strike
5. The transport to get food to the country were being bombed by German U Ships
6. In 1918 Compulsory Rationing was introduced
7. By the end of the war the health of the poor had improved massively

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