6.4 "The Great War"
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World War I begins
July 28 1914
Germany signs armistice
November 11 1918
initial enthusiasm for the war (1914)
“it will all be over by Christmas”
campaign for voluntary enlistment
Military service act (January 1916)
conscription for all single men aged 18 to 41
extended to married men in March
Female emancipation
women take over “male” jobs
by 1918 up to 1 mio. women produce munition
representation of the people act (1918)
extends franchise to women over 30 (property qualification)
extends franchise to men over 21
Remembrance Day:
aka Poppy Day
2nd Sunday in November
first observed in 1919 for armistice day 11.11.1918
“Poppy day” because…
British legion (charity) sold paper poppies
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