Question

The poster below was created during World War II:

Answer 1

Answer: "to encourage Americans to conserve limited resources"

Background on WWII in American Culture (As related to the poster):

During this time period, food rationing was a solution issue by the United States government in order maximize war effort and bring about more food supplies for the front line. In order to ease the pressure on public food supply due to the rationing, the government printed posters and encourage citizens to contribute to the war effort through Victory Gardens, basically with the purpose to bring about more food in circulation during a time of strict controlled food supplies.