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AGRICULTURAL ADJUSTMENT ACT [1 record]

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Record 1 2001-12-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of National Laws and Regulations (Non-Canadian)
  • Foreign Trade
  • Farm Management and Policy
OBS

Early federal legislation allowing for the imposition of restrictions to limit imports into the United States.

OBS

When Franklin D. Roosevelt was elected as president, he appointed Henry Wallace as his secretary of Agriculture. In 1933 Wallace drafted the Agricultural Adjustment Act (AAA). The AAA paid farmers not to grow crop and not to produce dairy produce such as milk and butter. It also paid them not to raise pigs and lambs.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de lois et de règlements nationaux non canadiens
  • Commerce extérieur
  • Gestion et politique agricole

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Títulos de leyes y reglamentos nacionales no canadienses
  • Comercio exterior
  • Gestión y política agrícola
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