The Farm Security Administration of the U

question 22

Multiple Choice

The Farm Security Administration of the U.S. Department of Agriculture:

• A) hired filmmaker Alfred Hitchcock to make a film about crop dusting.
• B) encouraged Future Farmers of America to photograph activities related to dairy farming and everyday rural life.
• C) owned controlling shares of the Eastman Kodak Company in 1929.
• D) sponsored photography classes in high schools across the country.
• E) paid photographers to document the Great Depression.

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