Why did the U.S.Government hire Dorothea Lange and other photographers during the Great Depression?

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The U.S. Government hired Dorothea Lange and other photographers during the Great Depression in order to build public support for Federal assistance for rural America. The photographs they took of impoverished farmers and rural communities helped to bring attention to the need for government aid in those areas. While providing jobs to unemployed artists (choice A) may have been a secondary benefit, and the desire for artwork that reflected the national American identity (choice C) may have been a factor in some cases, the primary reason for hiring these photographers was to garner public support for government aid.

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