首页
外语
计算机
考研
公务员
职业资格
财经
工程
司法
医学
专升本
自考
实用职业技能
登录
外语
Over-cultivation and a long period of soil erosion had reduced the fertility of much of the United States’ farmland. Forests had
Over-cultivation and a long period of soil erosion had reduced the fertility of much of the United States’ farmland. Forests had
admin
2013-01-22
71
问题
Over-cultivation and a long period of soil erosion had reduced the fertility of much of the United States’ farmland. Forests had been cut or burned to provide additional cropland. In the mid 1930s, a series of dry years resulted in extreme crop losses in the Midwest. The winds of the Great Plains caused huge dust storms on overgrazed (过度放牧的) lands.
To meet this challenge a philosophy of land use and conservation began to develop. Government bureaus believed farmers needed to be encouraged and educated on the values of better land-use practices. The independent-minded farmers sometimes found it hard to accept that someone else knew their business better than they did, or that they should think in terms of longrange self-interest rather than next year’s crop. Government conservation agents were employed to demonstrate better techniques, and when farmers saw that their neighbors who used new methods were prospering, they began to adopt the new methods. Further, government incentives were offered in the form of free service or even cash payment to improve their land.
In the 1920s, demand for American farm products fell, as European countries began to recover from World War I and instituted austerity (紧缩) programs to reduce their imports. The result was a sharp drop in farm prices. This period was more disastrous for farmers than earlier times had been, because farmers were no longer self-sufficient. They were paying for machinery, seed, and fertilizer, and they were also buying consumer goods. The prices of the items farmers bought remained constant, while prices they received for their products fell. These developments were made worse by the Great Depression, which began in 1929 and extended throughout the 1930s.
In 1929, the Federal Farm Board was organized. It established the principle of direct interference with supply and demand, and represented the first national commitment to provide greater economic stability for farmers.
One of the first measures proposed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt when he took office in 1933 was the Agricultural Adjustment Act, which was subsequently enacted by Congress. This law gave the Secretary of Agriculture the power to reduce production through voluntary agreements with farmers who were paid to take their land out of use. A deliberate scarcity of farm products was planned in an effort to raise prices. This law was declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court on the grounds that general taxes were being levied to pay one special group of people. However, new laws were passed immediately that achieved the same result of resting soil and providing flood-control measures, but which were based on the principle of soil conservation. The Roosevelt Administration believed that rebuilding the nation’s soil was in the national interest and was not simply a plan to help farmers at the expense of other citizens.
In order to provide greater economic stability for farmers, the U.S. government______.
选项
A、employed conservation agents to demonstrate better techniques
B、offered free service and cash payment to improve the farmer’s land
C、sacrificed the national interest to help the farmers
D、deliberately reduced the amount of farm products to raise prices
答案
D
解析
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/FEI7777K
0
大学英语六级
相关试题推荐
Manyscientists______thenewdamagetotheforeststobetheresultofhigherlevelsofpollution.
Amongtheeverincreasinginflux(流入,涌进)ofland-hungrypeoplefromabroadthroughouttheearlyperiodofAmericanWestwardexpa
Theaverage______ofbeerandalcoholintheUnitedStatesisveryhigh.
The______ofrainforestsmayhamperadevelopingcountryinitsfightagainstpoverty.
Anepidemicofswineflu(猪流感)hasrecentlydevelopedinMexicoandtheUnitedStates,saystheCDC.Swinefluhaskilledmanyp
Anepidemicofswineflu(猪流感)hasrecentlydevelopedinMexicoandtheUnitedStates,saystheCDC.Swinefluhaskilledmanyp
Anepidemicofswineflu(猪流感)hasrecentlydevelopedinMexicoandtheUnitedStates,saystheCDC.Swinefluhaskilledmanyp
A、Heoftenattendedtelevisionprogramstoproposeideas.B、Heinvitedover40peopletoshowtheirideasinaperiod.C、Hewoul
A、Shehadabadcold.B、Shehadacaraccident.C、Shegothomebefore10o’clock.D、Shewasdelayed.D对话中女士提到,Ifthetrafficwas
随机试题
以下叙述中错误的是
简述数据/功能格栅图的作用。
艾里克森的心理发展观和弗洛伊德的区别在于
A、考来烯胺B、苯扎贝特C、烟酸D、普罗布考E、洛伐他汀广谱调血脂药,对Ⅱb和Ⅳ型高脂血症效果最好的药是( )。
关于实施绿色通道制度企业的货物电子转单至口岸后,以下表述正确的是( )。
关于个人所得税的筹划原理及方法,下列说法错误的是( )。
期货公司应当报送月度和年度风险监管报表时要注意()。
集合竞价也要服从价格优先和时间优先原则。()
1970年4月24日,中国自行设计制造的第一颗人造地球卫星由长征一号火箭成功发射。1988年9月27日,中国核潜艇水下发射运载火箭获得成功,中国空问技术进入新的时代。我国第一颗人造地球卫星的名字是()。
每个查询都有三种视图,下列不属于查询的三种视图的是
最新回复
(
0
)