What Feature of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 Established

question 97

Multiple Choice

What feature of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 established the basic framework of federal agricultural policy for decades to come?

• A) The government provided subsidies to producers of major farm commodities in return for cutting production.
• B) In order to boost agricultural production the government made loans to farmers to invest in more land, machinery, and labor.
• C) In years of big harvests and low prices, the government would make loans to farmers and store their surplus crops in government warehouses.
• D) The government encouraged the survival of the family farm by withholding aid to agribusiness.
• E) Farm workers were now covered by collective bargaining and minimum wage laws.

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