Notes for upcoming PPT.
TVA-Tennesse Valley Authority:
- President Franklin Roosevelt needed innovative solutions if the New Deal was to lift the nation out of the depths of the Great Depression.
- The TVA sounded most promising and innovative to him.
- “a corporation clothed with the power of government but possessed of the flexibility and initiative of a private enterprise.” Those are the words of President Roosevelt when he asked congress to create something along those lines.
- Congress passed the TVA act on May 18, 1933
- TVA developed fertilizers, taught farmers how to improve crop yields, and helped replant forests, control forest fires, and improve habitat for wildlife and fish.
- TVA built dams to harness the region’s rivers. The dams controlled floods, improved navigation and generated electricity.
- Issues TVA faced—power production, navigation, flood control, malaria prevention, reforestation or erosion control.
- TVA weighed each issue in relation to the others.
http://www.tva.gov/abouttva/history.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tennessee_Valley_Authority
Critics and Failing of the New Deal
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