Rent Strikes

Who led the Rent Strikes? Select all correct answers.

• Mary Barbour

• Helen Crawford

• Lord Asquith

• Emmeline Pankhurst

How many tenants were involved the rent strikes?

• 20,000

• 25,000

• 15,000

• 50,000

What did women throw at the rent collectors?

• paint

• rocks

• flour & water

• their giant babies

In Govan, rent was raised by .......

• 10%

• 20%

• 50%

• 100%

Why did the government care that munition workers joined the strike?

• The were worried because they needed munitions for the war

• They needed taxes

• The munitions people had bombs

• They were famous for rioting

Why did the government introduce the Rent Restriction Act?

• Because of the number of strikers

• because munitions workers joined the strike

• because they wanted to focus on the war

• to keep morale high

What was grim about the housing in Glasgow in 1915?

• No plumbing

• No central heating

• No privacy

• Sense of community