How did the US government limit the amount of scarce goods that a person could obtain?
It issued ration books with stamps.
It made the purchase of large quantities of goods illegal.
It let families of soldiers buy more goods than other families.
It set up a lottery system to determine how much a person could buy

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It issued ration books with stamps.

During wartime (especially WWII) the U.S. used ration books with stamps to limit how much of scarce items (gasoline, sugar, meat, tires, etc.) each person could buy, ensuring fair distribution.