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on a raw, soggy day in march 1936, dorothea lange was
driving home to berkeley after six weeks spent photographing
migrant workers in california, new mexico and arizona. her
staff position at the resettlement administration (ra), an
agency set up to help tenant farmers during the depression,
was tenuous: since there was no budget for a photographer,
lange had been hired as a clerk - stenographer, and she
invoiced her film and travel expenses under \clerical supplies.\
as lange drove along the empty california highway that day,
she noticed a sign that said pea - pickers camp. knowing that
the pea crop had frozen, she debated for 20 miles before finally
turning back. after pulling into the camp’s muddy lane, lange
approached a female migrant worker, requested and got
permission to photograph her and shot just five exposures.
lange’s field notes read in part: “i did not ask her name or her
history. she told me her age, that she was 32. she said that
they had been living on frozen vegetables from the
what is the historical context of these sources? choose three correct
answers.
the resettlement administration provided
relief to americans affected by the
depression.
unemployment was high in 1936.
the nation was at war when the photo was
taken.

Explanation:

1. For "The Resettlement Administration provided relief to Americans affected by the Depression": The text says the RA was set up to help tenant farmers during the Depression, so this is correct.
2. For "Unemployment was high in 1936": 1936 was during the Great Depression, a time of high unemployment, so this is correct.
3. For "The nation was at war when the photo was taken": The photo was taken in 1936, and the US entered WWII later (1941), so this is incorrect. So the correct options are the first two (assuming the first option is A, second B, third C: A. The Resettlement Administration provided relief to Americans affected by the Depression, B. Unemployment was high in 1936).

Answer:

A. The Resettlement Administration provided relief to Americans affected by the Depression, B. Unemployment was high in 1936