The tobacco price support system had several effects. First, it allowed thousands of farm families to stay on the land and not move to the towns where jobs were scarce. Since price supports lasted for years, these families could better their lot and still live like their ancestors had. Second, it meant that voters in the east continued to be closely tied to the Democratic Party, which devised the plan. Third, it provided merchants, bankers, and warehousemen in the towns on Tobacco Road with guaranteed business. Towns like Greenville and Kinston continued to set their school terms and schedule their store sales by the phase of the tobacco season. Tobacco Road had been a dirt path for many, but the New Deal turned it into a paved highway. What were the effects of the tobacco price support system? Check all that apply.

a. Many farmers were able to hold on to their land.
b. Tobacco farmers no longer had to follow set prices.
c. The Democratic Party was promoted across the state.
d. Farmers were guaranteed an income for several years.
e. Business declined in towns that were part of the tobacco industry.