The Agricultural Adjustment Administration focused on seven basic farm products, including wheat, cotton, and [___]. They paid farmers to reduce the number of [___] for these crops. To meet the AAA’s demands, farmers also [___] livestock, including six million pigs. The press and the American public [___] many of these changes.

The AAA paid farmers to reduce crop acreage and encouraged the slaughter of livestock, including six million pigs, to raise farm prices. These policies were controversial because food was destroyed while many Americans were struggling during the Great Depression, so the press and public opposed many of the changes.

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