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What was the Purpose of the Tennessee Valley Authority?
The purpose of the TVA to address a wide
range of economic, environmental and
technological issues, including the
management of natural resources and the
delivery of low-cost electricity
What were the Benefits of the Tennessee Valley
Authority? The benefits of the TVA were
to rejuvenate the region, controlling floods
and conserving forestlands. The dam building
projects provided thousands of jobs for
unemployed men and a cheap source of
electricity which in turn boosted
electricity related industries
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Tennessee Valley Authority Fact 1:
The TVA was created by Congress in
1933 as a corporation of the U.S. government and
the nation's largest public power provider.
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2: On May 18, 1933, Congress passed the
TVA Act as one of the measures taken during FDR's first
one hundred days in office to combat the effects of the
Great Depression.
Tennessee Valley Authority Fact 3:
The TVA Act tasked the new government agency to
tackle important problems in the seven state region drained by the
Cumberland and Tennessee rivers.
Tennessee Valley Authority Fact 4:
The seven states included Tennessee, Kentucky,
Virginia, North Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, and Mississippi. In the
1930's only 10% of rural dwellers had electricity
Tennessee Valley Authority Fact 5:
The TVA developed a massive project to build 20
dams in the region designed to control floods and conserve
forestlands by reforesting millions of acres of land.
Tennessee Valley Authority Fact 6:
Many of the people who lived in the
Tennessee Valley region had no electricity and farmers
were suffering because the eroded soil where they grew
their crops was poor and worn out. Crop yields had
fallen along with farm incomes and the best timber had
been cut. Many farmers were barely growing enough food
to feed their families.
Tennessee
Valley Authority Fact 7: The dam building and replanting projects would
address these problems. The TVA also developed new agricultural
methods and fertilizers to help farmers grow more food
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8: The ambitious and innovative dam
building projects provided thousands of jobs for
unemployed men during the Great Depression. The new dams
would also provide a cheap source of electricity which
in turn would boost electricity related businesses and
industries
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9: The government agency not only
organized the building of the new dams but also built
power plants and fertilizer factories. The TVA
strived to improve the habitats for wildlife and fish.
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10: The dam building projects led to the
creation of thousands of jobs. Each dam building project
employed up to 40,000 workers.
Tennessee
Valley Authority Fact 11: Other responsibilities written in the TVA act
included improving travel on the Tennessee River and helping develop
the region's business and farming. The agency was able to conserved
water power in the pumped-storage plants and generate and sell
surplus electricity
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12: The Norris Dam on the Clinch River
was one of the first dams built by the TVA. The dam was
named after Senator George W. Norris of Nebraska, the
sponsor of the TVA. Senator Norris went on to be the
prime supporter of the 1936 Rural Electrification Act,
enacted on May 20, 1936, that provided federal loans for
the installation of electrical distribution systems to
serve isolated rural areas of the United States.
Tennessee Valley Authority Fact 13:
FDR appointed a three-person board of directors
to the TVA consisting of Arthur E. Morgan, David E. Lilienthal and
Harcourt Morgan to nine-year renewable terms and confirmed by the
Senate. The first chairman of the board was Arthur E. Morgan, a
nationally known flood control engineer, Harcourt Morgan was an
agricultural specialist and David E. Lilienthal was an American
businessman and government official
Tennessee Valley Authority Fact 14:
Between 1933 and 1944 sixteen
dams and a steam plant were constructed by the TVA. The dams
controlled floods, improved navigation and generated electricity.
Tennessee Valley Authority Fact 15:
The TVA was one of the greatest
successes of FDR's administration. The facilities of the Tennessee
Valley Authority now provide electricity to 8 million homes via 29
hydroelectric dams, 3 nuclear power plants, 4 combustion turbine
plants and 11 fossil-fuel plants
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