History B Schools History Project GCSE
Conscientious objection
What Conscientious objection means in History B Schools History Project GCSE, as defined for OCR.
Definition of Conscientious objection
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Reference: OCR
Refusing to fight on religious, moral, or political grounds, as some men did after the introduction of conscription in 1916.
Topics that use Conscientious objection
Related terms
- Anti-imperialism
- Changing attitudes to poverty
- Conscription
- Constitutional change
- Constitutional versus militant tactics
- DORA
- Early recruitment
- Economic exploitation
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