HISTORY
WORLD WAR II
Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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increase exploration for natural resources
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ensure that the military had essential materials
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limit supplies of weapons to American allies
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draft men into the armed forces
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Detailed explanation-1: -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-2: -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-3: -During the war everything seemed to be rationed or in short supply: gasoline and fuel oil and rubber; bobby pins and zippers and tin foil; shoes and whiskey and chewing gum; butter and coffee and nylons and tomato ketchup and sugar; canned goods and cigarettes and the matches needed to light them.
Detailed explanation-4: -The aim of rationing was to conserve food supplies, ensure fair distribution and control rising prices caused by food becoming more scarce. For wealthy people these price rises were an inconvenience but for the poor they meant less money to spend on other essentials.