Question

What was the central criticism of the Agricultural Adjustment Act (AAA)?(1 point)ResponsesThe government was destroying food at a time when citizens were starving.The government was destroying food at a time when citizens were starving.Farmers were receiving more money than people working in other occupations.Farmers were receiving more money than people working in other occupations.Farmers were growing more crops, even though there was a surplus in the market.Farmers were growing more crops, even though there was a surplus in the market.The government was forcing land owners to hire sharecroppers and tenant farmers.

Answer 1

The government was destroying food at a time when citizens were starving.

Explanation: The AAA paid farmers to reduce production — often by plowing under crops or slaughtering livestock — which critics argued was immoral while many Americans were hungry.