Question
What was the MAIN goal of the Agricultural Adjustment Act?
A.
to provide loans to farmers so they could buy modern equipment
B.
to lower crop prices so people could afford to buy food
C.
to raise crop prices by paying farmers to grow less food
D.
to pay young men to grow crops on government-owned farms
A.
to provide loans to farmers so they could buy modern equipment
B.
to lower crop prices so people could afford to buy food
C.
to raise crop prices by paying farmers to grow less food
D.
to pay young men to grow crops on government-owned farms
Answers
GPT-4o mini
The MAIN goal of the Agricultural Adjustment Act was **C. to raise crop prices by paying farmers to grow less food.** The act aimed to reduce agricultural overproduction during the Great Depression by incentivizing farmers to decrease their crop output, thereby increasing prices for their products.