Georgia Governor Eugene Talmadge was opposed to the Agricultural Adjustment Act. Why might Talmadge have been opposed to it? A)
He was a cotton farmer. B) He was a tobacco farmer. C) He believed the AAA was too much government control over farmers. D) He believed the AAA needed to make the quotas even lower to raise the prices higher.
The correct answer is C) He believed the AAA was too much government control over farmers.
As a way of raising long-depressed cotton prices, the Agricultural Adjustment Act established during Roosevelt's administration as part of his New Deal program, which was intended to pay farmers to plant less cotton as a mean of restricting the supply and increasing the price. Since Governor E. Talmadge considered increased federal spending and economic regulation wasn’t necessary, using this as an argument against the AAA.
The caste system in ancient India was used to establish separate classes of inhabitants based upon their social positions and employment functions in the community.
