Question

Based on your knowledge of the Agricultural Adjustment Act, what would have been expected of the farmer?
A.
The farmer would have been expected to produce food crops for the US Armed Forces.
B.
Due to urban overcrowding, the farmer would have been expected to house and employ laborers in exchange for money.
C.
Due to falling prices for certain crops such as cotton and tobacco, the farmer would have been expected to stop growing such crops.
D.
Due to widespread food shortages and growing unemployment, the farmer would have been expected to increase production on his farm.

Answer 1

C.

The 1933 Agricultural Adjustment Act paid farmers to reduce production (plow under crops, reduce acreage, cull livestock) to raise prices for surplus crops such as cotton and tobacco.