Emergency Farm Mortgage Act of 1933

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The Emergency Farm Mortgage Act of 1933 was a New Deal law that provided federal refinancing of farm mortgages to prevent foreclosures and stabilize struggling American farmers during the Great Depression.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf New Deal legislation
United States federal statute
aimedAtProblem farm mortgage foreclosures
rural credit crisis
appliesToJurisdiction United States of America
surface form: United States
beneficiary American farmers
classification emergency economic legislation
country United States of America
surface form: United States
economicContext Great Depression
goal to maintain agricultural production capacity
to support rural communities
governmentLevel federal
governmentProgramType emergency relief legislation
hasPurpose to alleviate economic distress during the Great Depression
to prevent farm foreclosures
to provide federal refinancing of farm mortgages
to stabilize struggling American farmers
historicalEra Great Depression
surface form: Great Depression era

New Deal
surface form: New Deal era
implementedAs federal loan refinancing programs
intendedEffect to prevent loss of family farms
to reduce farmer debt burdens
to stabilize farm incomes
isPartOf United States agricultural credit laws
language English
legalForm Act of Congress
legalSystem common law system of the United States
legislativeBody United States Congress
mechanism refinancing of farm mortgages
partOf New Deal
policyArea agricultural policy
economic relief
farm credit
presidentDuringEnactment President Franklin D. Roosevelt
surface form: Franklin D. Roosevelt
relatedEvent farm foreclosure crisis of the early 1930s
relatedTo Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1933
Farm Credit Act of 1933
Farm Credit Administration
sectorAffected agriculture
signedBy President Franklin D. Roosevelt
surface form: Franklin D. Roosevelt
subjectMatter farm mortgages
foreclosure prevention
rural finance
targetGroup farm mortgage holders
timePeriod 1933
typeOfRelief credit relief
debt restructuring

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Farm Credit Act of 1933 relatedTo Emergency Farm Mortgage Act of 1933