TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY (TVA)

ESTABLISHED ON MAY 18, 1933

PURPOSE

• Take care of problems facing the valley
• Such as flooding, providing electricity to homes and businesses, and replanting forests

AFFECTS/BENEFITS

• 1930- built dams to harness the regions river
• 1940- during World War II, engaged largest hydropower construction program ever in u.s.
• Benefits- pursuit of social theory or national politics

SUCCESSFUL

• Brought electricity to thousands of people at an affordable price

TODAY

• Largest public power company in the u.s.

WORK CITED

• "Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)." Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA). N.p., n.d. Web. 07 May 2015.
• "From the New Deal to a New Century." TVA:. N.p., n.d. Web. 07 May 2015.