The Federal Theater Project was when the government funded plays in order to create jobs for people. It was important to U.S. history one because it showed that the government did at one point do their best to create jobs, and 2 because it also proved when the government shut it down that the when the government loses to much money they don't care about how it effects people. It was controversial to American society because they were in order to create more business they allowed the theater to put on uncensored plays as long as they didn't talk bad about politicians.

This a poster for an event funded by the federal theater project.

This is a poster for a play the federal theater project put on.