the great depression

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The Great Depression ushered America into an era of social consciousness and liberal reform. In the decade of the 1930's, under Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal, writers, artists, photographers, musicians, and performers were marshaled to create works which documented American life, sponsored by government programs such as the F.S.A. (Farm Security Administration) or the W.P.A. (Work Projects Administration). The Great Depression, in itself, had been a rude awakening from the escapism of …

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