Rationing

Question 1

When was rationing introduced?

Answer 1

1918

Question 2

What was the 7 reasons rationing was introduced?

Answer 2

Fairer allocations
Fairer prices
Failure of propaganda campaigns
German U-Boat campaign
Demand for home front
Demand for frontlines
Inability to grow own food

Question 3

Fairer allocations

Answer 3

People who lived in the cities couldn’t grow their own food which meant they has less (vice versa)

Question 4

Fairer prices

Answer 4

When it became scarce sellers increased prices making it harder for poor people to get food

Question 5

Failure of propaganda posters

Answer 5

The government encouraged people nit to wage food but it didn’t work and food shortages started happening

Question 6

German U-Boat campaign

Answer 6

Attacks of British ships meant loads of resources were sunk so shortages happened

Question 7

Demand for home front

Answer 7

People in Scotland needed enough food to be able to keep working and keep the country running

Question 8

Demand for frontlines

Answer 8

Soldiers at the front line needed food supplies to keep fighting

Question 9

Inability to grow food

Answer 9

People lived in cities in flats couldn’t grow food so they needed rationing to Ames sure they had enough