(A) Provide financial security for uninsured citizens
(B) Safeguard the profits of struggling businesses
(C) ** Ensure the fair distribution of scarce goods
(D) Allow consumers to buy imported goods at discounted rates
EXPLANATIONS BELOW
Concept note-1: -Supplies such as gasoline, butter, sugar and canned milk were rationed because they needed to be diverted to the war effort. War also disrupted trade, limiting the availability of some goods.
Concept note-2: -Every American was issued a series of ration books during the war. The ration books contained removable stamps good for certain rationed items, like sugar, meat, cooking oil, and canned goods. A person could not buy a rationed item without also giving the grocer the right ration stamp.
Concept note-3: -Even though thousands of items became scarce during the war, only those most critical to the war effort were rationed. Key goods such as sugar, tires, gasoline, meat, coffee, butter, canned goods and shoes came under rationing regulations.