AMERICAN IMPERIALISM 1890 1919
THE UNITED STATES IN WORLD WAR I
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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growing a garden to help with food supplies in your backyard
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donating money to the government to help in the war effort
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a practice of limiting the amount of food or resources people could buy
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used to show support of the war effort (usually posters or movies)
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Detailed explanation-1: -Rationing during the war meant that people had a specific amount of food they could buy each week, and once an item was used up, they had to wait until they got a new ration book to buy more. Ration means “hand out in fixed amounts."
Detailed explanation-2: -Definition: Rationing refers to an artificial control on the distribution of scarce resources, food items, industrial production, etc.
Detailed explanation-3: -Rationing is the limiting of goods or services that are in high demand and short supply. It is often undertaken by governments as a way of mitigating the impact of scarcity and dealing with economic challenges.
Detailed explanation-4: -Rationing involved setting limits on purchasing certain high-demand items. The government issued a number of “points” to each person, even babies, which had to be turned in along with money to purchase goods made with restricted items.
Detailed explanation-5: -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. Some important items escaped rationing, including fresh fruit and vegetables.