Why Didn't Southern Tenant Farmers Benefit from the Programs Developed

question 25

Multiple Choice

Why didn't southern tenant farmers benefit from the programs developed by the Agricultural Adjustment Act,the Commodity Credit Corporation,and the Farm Credit Act?

• A) The farmers' loan applications were not processed correctly.
• B) Southern states did not participate in these New Deal programs.
• C) The programs benefitted large farmers rather than tenant farmers who rented land.
• D) Tenant farmers did not qualify for these assistance programs because they didn't own the land they farmed.

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