THE GREAT DEPRESSION 1929 1940
THE GREAT DEPRESSION
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Relief
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Recovery
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Reform
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Agricultural Adjustment Act (AAA) was a federal law passed in 1933 as part of U.S. president Franklin D. Roosevelt’s New Deal. The law offered farmers subsidies in exchange for limiting their production of certain crops. The subsidies were meant to limit overproduction so that crop prices could increase.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Agricultural Adjustment Administration (AAA) brought relief to farmers by paying them to curtail production, reducing surpluses, and raising prices for agricultural products.
Detailed explanation-3: -The AAA programs wedded American farmers to the New Deal and to federal government subsidies. Crop prices did rise, as did farm income, the latter by 58% between 1932 and 1935. Wheat, corn, and hog farmers of the Midwest enjoyed most of the benefits of the AAA.
Detailed explanation-4: -Which of these BEST describes how the Agricultural Adjustment Administration (AAA) had an effect on farmers in Alabama and other parts of the American South? It limited the production of cash crops, such as cotton.