- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- Agricultural Adjustment Act
- Date of Original:
- 2016-01-29
- Subject:
- Agriculture and state--Georgia
Produce trade--Georgia
Agricultural laws and legislation--Georgia - Location:
- United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018
- Medium:
- articles
- Type:
- Text
- Description:
- Encyclopedia article about the Agricultural Adjustment Act (AAA), a federal law passed in 1933 as part of U.S. president Franklin D. Roosevelt’s New Deal. The law offered farmers subsidies in exchange for limiting their production of certain crops. The subsidies were meant to limit overproduction so that crop prices could increase.
GSE identifier: SS8H8, SS8H8 - Metadata URL:
- https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/business-economy/agricultural-adjustment-act/
- Language:
- eng
- Additional Rights Information:
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- Original Collection:
- Forms part of the New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Holding Institution:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)
- Rights:
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