Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1933

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New Deal legislation United States federal statute

The Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1933 was a New Deal law that sought to raise farm prices and reduce surpluses by paying farmers to limit agricultural production.

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Label	Occurrences
Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1933 canonical	15
Agricultural Adjustment Act	2
An Act To relieve the existing national economic emergency by increasing agricultural purchasing power, to raise revenue for extraordinary expenses incurred by reason of such emergency, to provide emergency relief with respect to agricultural indebtedness, to provide for the orderly liquidation of joint-stock land banks, and for other purposes	1

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This entity first appeared as the object of triple T84974 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

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Target entity: Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1933
Context triple: [Hundred Days (FDR), hasKeyLegislation, Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1933]

A. Agricultural Adjustment Administration
The Agricultural Adjustment Administration was a New Deal agency that sought to raise agricultural prices and support farmers by reducing crop surpluses through government intervention and subsidies.
B. Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act of 1936
The Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act of 1936 was a New Deal-era U.S. law that encouraged farmers to adopt soil-conserving practices by providing federal subsidies, aiming to combat erosion and environmental damage highlighted by the Dust Bowl.
C. Emergency Conservation Work Act of 1933
The Emergency Conservation Work Act of 1933 was New Deal legislation that created the Civilian Conservation Corps to provide jobs through natural resource conservation and public works projects during the Great Depression.
D. Lever Food and Fuel Control Act of 1917
The Lever Food and Fuel Control Act of 1917 was a World War I-era U.S. law that granted the federal government broad powers to regulate the production, distribution, and pricing of food and fuel to support the war effort and prevent hoarding and profiteering.
E. Emergency Relief Appropriation Act of 1935
The Emergency Relief Appropriation Act of 1935 was a major New Deal law that funded large-scale public works and employment programs to combat unemployment during the Great Depression.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1933
Target entity description: The Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1933 was a New Deal law that sought to raise farm prices and reduce surpluses by paying farmers to limit agricultural production.

A. Agricultural Adjustment Administration
The Agricultural Adjustment Administration was a New Deal agency that sought to raise agricultural prices and support farmers by reducing crop surpluses through government intervention and subsidies.
B. Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act of 1936
The Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act of 1936 was a New Deal-era U.S. law that encouraged farmers to adopt soil-conserving practices by providing federal subsidies, aiming to combat erosion and environmental damage highlighted by the Dust Bowl.
C. Emergency Conservation Work Act of 1933
The Emergency Conservation Work Act of 1933 was New Deal legislation that created the Civilian Conservation Corps to provide jobs through natural resource conservation and public works projects during the Great Depression.
D. Lever Food and Fuel Control Act of 1917
The Lever Food and Fuel Control Act of 1917 was a World War I-era U.S. law that granted the federal government broad powers to regulate the production, distribution, and pricing of food and fuel to support the war effort and prevent hoarding and profiteering.
E. Emergency Relief Appropriation Act of 1935
The Emergency Relief Appropriation Act of 1935 was a major New Deal law that funded large-scale public works and employment programs to combat unemployment during the Great Depression.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	New Deal legislation ⓘ United States federal statute ⓘ
administeredBy	Agricultural Adjustment Administration ⓘ
affectedCommodity	corn ⓘ cotton ⓘ dairy products ⓘ hogs ⓘ rice ⓘ tobacco ⓘ wheat ⓘ
beneficiaries	farmers ⓘ
codifiedIn	Public Law 73-10 ⓘ
controversy	destruction of crops and livestock during a depression ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
createdAgency	Agricultural Adjustment Administration ⓘ
criticizedFor	displacement of sharecroppers and tenant farmers ⓘ favoring large landowners over tenant farmers ⓘ
dateSigned	1933-05-12 ⓘ
declaredUnconstitutionalBy	Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ surface form: United States Supreme Court
economicGoal	increase farm income ⓘ stabilize agricultural markets ⓘ
enactedBy	73rd United States Congress ⓘ
fundingSource	processing taxes ⓘ tax on agricultural processors ⓘ
historicalPeriod	Great Depression ⓘ
impact	contributed to rise in farm prices in mid-1930s ⓘ
introducedAs	Wheeler-Rayburn Act ⓘ surface form: H.R. 3835
legalBasisClaimed	general welfare clause of the U.S. Constitution ⓘ
legalChallenge	United States v. Butler ⓘ
legislativeChamber	United States House of Representatives ⓘ United States Senate ⓘ
mechanism	voluntary reduction of livestock numbers ⓘ voluntary reduction of planted acreage ⓘ
partiallyInvalidatedBy	United States v. Butler ⓘ
partOf	New Deal ⓘ
policyTool	acreage reduction contracts ⓘ production controls ⓘ subsidy payments to farmers ⓘ
purpose	raise agricultural commodity prices ⓘ reduce agricultural surpluses ⓘ
replacedBy	Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 ⓘ Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act of 1936 ⓘ
sectorAffected	agriculture ⓘ
shortName	AAA ⓘ
signedBy	President Franklin D. Roosevelt ⓘ surface form: Franklin D. Roosevelt
statutesAtLargeCitation	48 Stat. 31 ⓘ
title	Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1933 self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: An Act To relieve the existing national economic emergency by increasing agricultural purchasing power, to raise revenue for extraordinary expenses incurred by reason of such emergency, to provide emergency relief with respect to agricultural indebtedness, to provide for the orderly liquidation of joint-stock land banks, and for other purposes
tookEffectOn	1933-05-12 ⓘ
yearDeclaredUnconstitutional	1936 ⓘ

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Referenced by (18)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Hundred Days → hasKeyLegislation → Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1933 ⓘ

subject surface form: Hundred Days (FDR)

Agricultural Adjustment Administration → createdByAct → Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1933 ⓘ

Agricultural Adjustment Administration → legalBasis → Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1933 ⓘ

73rd United States Congress → enacted → Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1933 ⓘ

Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act of 1936 → replaced → Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1933 ⓘ

AAA → namedAfter → Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1933 ⓘ

this entity surface form: Agricultural Adjustment Act

Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1933 → title → Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1933 self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: An Act To relieve the existing national economic emergency by increasing agricultural purchasing power, to raise revenue for extraordinary expenses incurred by reason of such emergency, to provide emergency relief with respect to agricultural indebtedness, to provide for the orderly liquidation of joint-stock land banks, and for other purposes

United States v. Butler → relatedLegislation → Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1933 ⓘ

Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 → replaces → Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1933 ⓘ

Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 → relatedTo → Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1933 ⓘ

United States federal farm programs → legalBasis → Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1933 ⓘ

Farm Credit Act of 1933 → relatedTo → Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1933 ⓘ

Public Law 73-10 → hasOfficialName → Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1933 ⓘ

Butler → relatedTo → Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1933 ⓘ

McNary-Haugen Farm Relief Bill → influenced → Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1933 ⓘ

United States farm bill → enactedAsSeries → Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1933 ⓘ

Emergency Farm Mortgage Act of 1933 → relatedTo → Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1933 ⓘ

Bankhead-Jones Farm Tenant Act of 1937 → relatedTo → Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1933 ⓘ