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Cartoon commenting on rationing, February 1918
(Ricardo Brook,
©Punch, Ltd.
, pu02202)
Look carefully at this source and consider what it tells you about shortages and rationing and how they affected people. You should consider:
What is the 'New War Terror'?
Do you think rationing is really seen as a terror?
What does this cartoon tell you about attitudes to rationing and about government control in general?