12)Nate- Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act and Tennessee Valley Authority
-Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act
United States Federal law that allowed the government to pay farmers to reduce produciton to prevent soil erosion adn the point of it was to conserve soil. The act mde is so farmers had to recomment the repercussions of using thier land withour care. Before the act farmers would allow thier soil to be vulnerable to wind causing "black storms"
-Tennessee Valley Authority
Federally wonded corporation in the US created by congress in May of 1933 to provide navigation, flood control, electricity generation, and much more develpoment in the Tennessee Valley. It is a region affected by the Great Depression. Today it is the largest power company providing electric power to over nine million customers in the Tennessee Valley.
13)Allan-Rural Electrification Administration (REA) and Farm Security Administration (FSA)
-REA
Created under Roosevelt, created to promote rural electricification, adn the REA was on the belief of creating cheap electricity for the people. Several people were not in favor of government involvement in rural electifiicarion. Many thought it hurt private businesses and thought was going to hurt economy. There were several benefits of having the REA, it provided electricity through the REA, provided farmers with electricity with caused them to buy goods, and it created cheap electricictaion.
-FSA
Gave loans to farmers who could not get them elsewhere, provided healthcare, promoted educational courses, took pictures of farmers, started in 1935, part of the New Deal, and was ended in 1944. Benefits gave loans to help farms, the average loan amount was was 5,000 dollars, and millions of dollars in loans were given out nationwide. It gave educational aid to many farm families, treid to decrease production to raise price of crops and goods, and it helped poor farmers buy land.
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