Impacts on war on society and culture

• What was the purpose of rationing during the war?

  To ensure fair supplies of food at reasonable prices
• What event in November 1918 affected Britain's rationing system?

  The surrender of Germany
• How did the Royal Navy's blockade impact Germany?

  It led to a lack of food and war material
• What did town councils encourage townspeople to do during the war?

  Grow vegetables on allocated land
• What was the government's propaganda campaign aimed at during the war?

  To reduce waste and produce more food
• What crops were British farmers paid to plant during the war?

  Potatoes and wheat
• How did Britain's food situation compare to Germany's during the war?

  Britain faced less severe food shortages
• How many German civilians died of starvation in the winter of 1917-1918?

  Over 500,000
• What challenges did Scotland's East coast fishing industry face at the start of the war?

  It faced hard times and restrictions
• What happened to fishing restrictions as food supplies became scarce?

  Restrictions were lifted to allow fishing
• What was the real threat to Britain's food supplies in 1916?

  The campaign of 'unrestricted submarine warfare'
• How many tons of British merchant shipping were sunk by August 1917?

  1,500,000 tons
• What was the state of sugar supplies in Britain at one point during the war?

  Only four days supply remained
• What was the consequence of food shortages in Britain?

  Long queues at shops and rising prices
• When was compulsory rationing introduced in Britain?

  In December 1917
• What were the aims of rationing introduced in Britain?

  To conserve food, ensure fair distribution
• How did rationing affect wealthy and poor people differently?

  Wealthy faced inconvenience, poor faced hardship
• What was the first item to be rationed in Scotland?

  Sugar
• What measures were taken in Britain to prevent starvation during the war?

  • Introduction of compulsory rationing
  • Encouragement of vegetable growing
  • Payment of subsidies to farmers
  • Propaganda to reduce waste
• What were the effects of unrestricted submarine warfare on Britain?

  • Significant loss of merchant shipping
  • Shortages of essential food supplies
  • Rising prices and long queues at shops