Rationing 

   

Exam Practice (click here for the full markscheme)

Why produced? (markscheme)

A government poster produced during the war:

  

Why was Source B published?   Use Source B and your own knowledge to answer the question.

   

  

Extraction from a Source (markscheme)

This 1943 cartoon shows a patriotic householder.   

What does Source D tell us about the 'Grow your Own' campaign?

   

  

Utility (markscheme)

 

In this cartoon of 25 March 1942, the rich man says: '"No double-breast? No pleats? No turn-ups? Dammit man, what d'y 'think I am - a nudist?"

In this cartoon of 31 March 1942, the women are saying: "Aye! It takes a brave laddie to look well i' the new austerity kilts."

How useful are Sources E and F to an historian studying the reaction of people to rationing?   Use Sources E and F and your own knowledge to answer the question.

   

  

Evaluation of an Interpretation (markscheme)

From a simple school textbook, War at Home (1980), written by Fiona Reynoldson:

Wartime was difficult for housewives.   Nobody starved but food was dull.  

Nobody grew fat but nobody starved.

Is the view given in Source A an accurate interpretation of the results of rationing?   Use Source A and your own knowledge to answer the question.

   

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