AMERICAN IMPERIALISM 1890 1919
THE UNITED STATES IN WORLD WAR I
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promote rationing of food so there would be enough for the soldiers
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restrict the types of food Americans could buy
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give free land to farmers so they could grow more crops to feed the troops
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eliminate sugar and bread from American diets
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Detailed explanation-1: -To ensure adequate food supplies for our troops and war-torn Europeans, President Wilson established the U.S. Food Administration with an Executive Order on August 10, 1917. Led by Herbert Hoover, the U.S. Food Administration assured the supply, distribution, and conservation of food.
Detailed explanation-2: -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.
Detailed explanation-3: -Rationing was a means of ensuring the fair distribution of food and commodities when they were scarce. It began after the start of WW2 with petrol and later included other goods such as butter, sugar and bacon. Eventually, most foods were covered by the rationing system with the exception of fruit and vegetables.
Detailed explanation-4: -People started to panic buy in a manner similar to recent times as in the petrol or Covid crisis. So, the Government introduced rationing as a fair system to allow people to have a certain amount of food each week.