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Why were the 1920s harder for farmers than they were for the rest of the country?

(A) After the stock market crashed and the US economy failed, the price of food fell dramatically.

(B) Farmers had to buy expensive new machinery while making less money off falling food prices.


(C)Environmental disasters around the country impacted farmers at higher rates than average people.

(D)The government implemented new health regulations that made it harder for farmers to sell their crops.

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Answer:

(B) Farmers had to buy expensive new machinery while making less money off falling food prices

Step-by-step explanation:

The major reason 1920s was harder for farmers than they were for the rest of the country is that farmers had to buy very costly machinery to work on their various farms despite making less money or very small returns off falling food prices. Other factors that contributed to farmers hardship in the 1920s was also the crash of the stock market in the year 1929.

However, Some new deal initiative spring forth to assist farmers in minimizing the hardship witnessed by them.

One of the initiative is :

1) AGRICULTURAL ADJUSTMENT ADMINISTRATION : This initiative was geared towards creating artificial scarcity by the farmers which subsequently leads to increase in the prices of available farm produce.

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