Exam 4-History in Ag. || with Complete Solutions.

1. When did the US enter WW II and how did it impact farmers both during and after the war? correct answers 2. Why was food rationed during WW II and what kind of products were rationed? correct answers 3. What was the AAA of 1933 all about? Do you understand why some people disagreed with the concept? correct answers a. Responsible for paying farmers to limit 7 different commodities b. I do because some did not want the hogs killed and should have been used to feed the hungry 4. How was the AAA revised in 1938? correct answers Amended Soil Conservation 5. What was FDR's New Deal? Be able to recognize the 14 New Deal programs that were shown in class. correct answers a. CCC - Civilian Conservation Corps b. CWA - Civil Works Administration c. FHA - Federal Housing Administration d. FSA - Federal Security Agency e. HOLC - Home Owner's Loan Corporation f. NIRA - National Industrial Recovery Act g. PWA - Public Works Administration h. SSA - Social Security Act i. TVA - Tennessee Valley Authority j. WPA - Works Progress Administration k. Emergency Banking Act l. Beer Act m. Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC) n. Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) 6. When and why did the Soil Conservation Service come about? What was Black Sunday (look this up)? correct answers a. Paid farmers for conservation instead of acreage reduction. Paid farmers for planting "soil-building" crops. b. Black Sunday was from the Dust Bowl 7. What was the TVA and EHFA and what states did they include? How did it benefit those in rural areas? What about REA? correct answers a. Tennessee Valley Authority- provide cheap inexpensive electricity i. Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, Tennessee ii. Encouraged cooperatives & lower electrical costs b. Electric Home & Farm Authority i. Enables farmers and rural residents in MS, AL, GA, TN to purchase electric appliances ii. Paid appliance dealers for the purchases & charge rural folks low monthly rates to pay for them with low interest rates