History of the United States II / Unit 8 USH2 1071 short lesson, about 20 seconds
The Food Administration
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The idea
Herbert Hoover's Food Administration asked Americans to conserve food under the slogan Food will win the war.
In practice
Meatless Mondays and Wheatless Wednesdays, observed voluntarily across the country.
Where people slip
A Fuel Administration under Harry Garfield added fuel holidays and introduced daylight saving time. Hoover's faith in voluntary effort returns in unit ten.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
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