Examine the U.S. Government's support during the Great Depression for programs such as the Federal Arts Project, the Federal Writers' Project, and other such efforts. Determine whether or not such projects were good government investments during those hard times and provide two examples that support your viewpoint. Government helping the arts in hard times at  http://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/1934-Picturing-Hard-Times.html  and  http://www.pbs.org/speak/seatosea/powerprose/wpa/ .

1. Examine the U.S. Government's support during the Great
Depression for programs such as the Federal Arts Project, the
Federal Writers' Project, and other such efforts. Determine
whether or not such projects were good government investments
during those hard times and provide two examples that support
your viewpoint.
Government helping the arts in hard times at
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/1934-Picturing-
Hard-Times.html
and
http://www.pbs.org/speak/seatosea/powerprose/wpa/