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Please help me out!! If you are good at social studies help me please. What does wartime rationing mean???

Answer 1

Wartime rationing is when people may only buy a set amount of a product during a war.  

For example:  If beef were rationed, you would only be allowed to buy 2 pounds of beef per week.

Answer 2

Wartime rationing is rationing during wartime.  Rationing is when you allot a certain amount of an item to a group or institution.  My grandma tells stories of only getting a pound of sugar for a family of 6 every few weeks.  It basically makes sure that there is excess food is able to be sent overseas.  

During WW2, a lot of items were rationed-- milk, sugar, flour, etc.  Also, metals were rationed-- in 1943, pennies were made completely out of steel plated with zinc to conserve copper and tin.

Answer 3

WWll rationing was put into place to avoid public anger and to not allow the wealthy to over purchase commodoties.

Things that were rationed were, food, gasoline, & clothing.

Answer 4

The above answers are good so I'll expand slightly.  The government totally controlled rationing.  People were given stamps or ration books (depending on the country - US. Britain, Canada, Australia, etc.) to control the consumption of certain products.  The main reason was to support the war effort. Remember, the whole world was involved - this was a BIG war.

In Canada, meat, milk, butter, gasoline products, (that's all I can remember) was rationed.

Good question.

Answer 5

A lot of things were rationed during the war.  I know sugar and meat were.  The idea behind rationing is that people were limited to how much of a certain item they were allowed to purchase.  I think the idea behind it was to make sure they had enough supplies to feed the troops.