The onset of the American Civil War in 1861 saw a spike in demand for wool-based products to supply the Union Army.
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Various aspects of President Franklin D. Roosevelt's agricultural programs passed as part of the New Deal (with the exception of the Agriculture Adjustment Act of 1933) were met primarily with support from farmers in Pennsylvania.
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