What were rationing programs implemented to do? What types of things were rationed?
The United States Civil Service<span> Commission was </span>created<span> by the Pendleton </span>Civil Service<span> Reform Act, which was passed into law on January 16, 1883. The commission was </span>created<span> to administer </span>the civil service<span> of the United States federal government.</span>
<span>At the beginning of World War I, Russia’s armies performed poorly. In response, Nicholas II appointed himself commander-in-chief, so he could take direct control of the military from Grand Duke Nicholas, against the advice of his ministers. Nicholas II spent much of late 1915 through August 1917 away from Tsarskoe Selo in Saint Petersburg.</span>
