How did the agricultural adjustment administration negatively affect african americans in the south? a) it caused them to be put out of work due to lower production. b) it caused them to lay off people who worked on their farms. c) it forced them to lower the price of the cotton they sold. d) it forced them to grow more crops for less money.

A) It caused them to be put out of work due to lower production.

Under the Agricultural Adjustment Act (1933), the Government paid farmers money for cutting back production by about 30 percent of corn, wheat, cotton, rice, peanuts, tobacco, milk and others, in order to even the balance of supply and demand for farm commodities, so the farmers could later sell their produce at a higher price and, which will eventually increase their purchasing power. This would contribute to American economic welfare.

However, as a result of the low production, African Americans in the South, as well as other workers, didn't have as many works to do as before, and many of them were put out of work.