Economics P7 Flashcards
0
Q
What scale was used on the Priority Rating System?
A
(AA, A, B, C, D)
1
Q
How did the US government try to handle the shortages?
A
With a Priority Rating System
2
Q
What act created the US Food Administration?
A
Lever Food and Fuel Act (1917)
3
Q
Who lead the US Food Administration?
A
Herbert Hoover
4
Q
Unlike the WIB, the Food Administration could not do what?
A
Fix Prices
5
Q
The Food Administration had to rely on what to accomplish tasks?
A
Voluntary Cooperation
6
Q
What did Hoover create to curtail meat consumption?
A
“Meatless Mondays”
7
Q
What gave the Food Administration leverage over produces and distributes?
A
Revoking Food Licenses
