The Agricultural Adjustment Act aimed to accomplish which of the following?

• A. Increase farm prices and farmers' incomes; production levels had to drop; government paid farmers to produce less.
• B. Abolish farm subsidies.
• C. Provide free farmland and subsidies to all farmers.
• D. Build public works in rural areas.

Answer: (A)

The main idea being tested is how the government tried to lift farm prices by controlling how much was produced and paying farmers to take some land out of production. The Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1933 aimed to raise crop prices and farmers’ incomes by reducing supply: farmers were paid to plant less or to leave land fallow, cutting surpluses and pushing prices up. This approach funded those payments by a tax on processing farm products, tying subsidies directly to limiting output. The result was a policy focused on price support through production controls and subsidies, rather than giving away free land, abolishing subsidies, or funding only rural public works.