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.

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The wartime food administration during World War I encouraged voluntary conservation measures like "Meatless Mondays" and "Wheatless Wednesdays" to ensure food surpluses for the war effort, rather than imposing strict rationing or price controls.

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