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How does the federal government attempt to stabilize farm prices?
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Under the program of price supports, Congress establishes a support price for a particular crop. In order to avoid large surpluses every year, the government has adopted the idea of acreage allotment, acreage restriction. When a crop has been overproduced and large surpluses threaten to lower prices, the government turns to marketing quotas, marketing limits.
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What is one way the federal government does not help stabilize the economy?
The federal government does not fix prices for products.
What is one way the federal government does not help stabilize te economy?
The federal government does not fix prices for goods.
How did president Roosevelt attempt to stabilize both wages and prices home?
by sending american armies to fight on war.
How did president roosevelt attempt to stabilize both wages and prices at home?
by sending american armies to fight on war.
What three main outcomes do policy makers try to achieve when they attempt to stabilize economy?
high employment, steady growth, and stable prices
What was Hoover's philosophy of government?
Hoover believed that the federal government could not give direct aid to individuals. He believed in free market capitalism and did not think the constitution gave the federal government the power to set prices.
What was created to stabilize both wages and prices?
Office of Price Administration
What three programs does the federal government use to prevent low farm prices?
Price SupportsAcreage AllotmentMarketing Quotas
How does American farm policy attempt to stabilize farm prices?
In 1889 the Department of Agriculture was created to show farmers how to improve and modernize their agricultural methods. This Department was elevated to cabinet-level status.The Morrill Act aided Northern states by granting them millions of acres of federal land to establish state-operated colleges of agriculture.The Homestead Act gave land to those who were willing to farm it.
What was the purpose of OPEC?
To stabilize oil prices,eliminate uneccesary competition among oil nations and be able to bargain for good prices on the world market
What are the three main economic goals that the federal government seeks to achieve?
high employment, steady growth, and stable prices
How did farmers survive when prices dropped?
In present days American farmers can recieve subsidues from the Federal Government to make less produce in an effort to increase prices. But in former days and in some other countries farmers suffer when prices drop.
