Rationing most likely the total war effort by -forcing citizens to learn new skills to become self-sufficient. -teaching citizens that they should never rely on foreign products. -convincing citizens to sign up for military duty to escape hardship. -making citizens feel like they were contributing to the wartime effort.

Rationing most likely helped the total war efforts by MAKING CITIZENS FEEL LIKE THEY WERE CONTRIBUTING TO THE WARTIME EFFORT.
Rationing refers to the strict control of scarce resources and goods when it comes to their distribution. Rationing is usually used during wartime to ensure that the available limited goods and resources go a long way. The ration given to each person usually depend on age, sex, social status, etc. Rationing make the civilians to feel that they are contributing their quotas to the war.

The articles created a national government composed of a congress, which had the power to declare war, sign treaties, make alliances and more.