Food rationing during World War I under the wartime food administration featured

a. voluntary calls for "Meatless Mondays" and "Wheatless Wednesdays."
b. a broad policy of direct controls on prices set by the Food Administrator.
c. rationing for all food products except sugar.
d. a pervasive belief that fear of government retribution, rather than appeals to moral principles, was key to reducing consumption, and maintaining food surpluses for export.


a. voluntary calls for "Meatless Mondays" and "Wheatless Wednesdays."

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