Question

Which of these are ways the U.S. government promoted artistic expression during

the Great Depression?
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A. The government encouraged people to make art and write at their homes.
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B. The government funded photojournalists and writers to record experiences.
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C. The government instructed private citizens to give money to support the
arts.

Answer 1

The U.S. government promoted artistic expression during the Great Depression by funding photojournalists and writers to record experiences.

Explanation

• During the Great depression era in the year 1930 the federal government headed by President Franklin Roosevelt introduced a agency called The Works Progress Administration (WPA; renamed in 1939 as the Work Projects Administration) under the new deal program
• The Works Progress Administration provided employment to the artist and encouraged them for painting,taking photographs and to create posters,lithographs.

Answer 2

The government-funded photojournalists and writers to record experiences the U.S. government promoted artistic expression during the Great Depression.

Step-by-step explanation:

• Due to the great depression, the people of America were in no more state of tolerance and public responsibility.
• Thus the president Roosevelt came up with a plan of providing the job to the unskilled labor and to express the views in an artistic mode like music art, media, and drama.
• The scheme was operated under the work progress administration which was followed in the great depression time to recover the American society.
• In this scheme, the person who seeks a job become eligible for employment.