1. Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) Hayden Chan White 1 January 4, 2009 http://www.papressblog.com/images/375.jp g

2. Created Created by Congress in 1933 Approximately 41,000 square miles Includes parts of 7 States, Tennessee, Kentucky, North Carolina, Georgia, Virginia, Mississippi, and Alabama But it was mostly in Tennessee (Tennessee Valley) and Tennessee River http://www.tva.gov/sites/images/sitesmap3.gi f

3. Purpose Control and proper use of water resources Preserving land resources Use of more electrical power/electricity generation Flood control Fertilizer manufacturing Economic development because of the Great Depressions impact in the Tennessee Valley http://mises.org/images4/AmericasGreatDepressionCrop.jp g

4. Participation Congress: They created and developed TVA Franklin D. Roosevelt: Signed the Tennessee Valley Authority Act Agricultural Adjustment Administration, Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) and, U.S. Forest Service were among the agencies that worked with TVA http://www.archives.gov/research/ww2/photos/images/ww2- 01.jpg http://www.celebralaciencia.org/images/571px- US_Forest_Service_000.png http://www.fs.fed.us/r8/gwj/lee/cultural/ccc/images/ccc_symbol.pn g

5. Notable creations/projects 16 dams and and a steam plant were largest reservoir on a tributary of the Tennessee River Wilson Dam is another dam on the Tennessee River, November 13, 1966 it was declared a National Historic Landmark Wheeler Dam is a hydroelectric dam. Built to improve navigation, flood control, and economic development to the region During the Great Depression 1,000 people a day visited these 3 dams Norris Dam Wilson Dam Wheeler Dam http://www.tnfish.org/NorrisReservoir_TWRA/NorrisDamNegus_TWRA.jp g http://wiseman.sulekha.com/mstore/wiseman/albums/Bhandardara/Wilson%20Dam.JP G http://www.ci.salem.nh.us/images/flood5- 06/wheelerdam.jpg

6. Effectiveness More electricity to the people Cheap to afford electricity Farmers could afford it and made their farms more productive With TVA, electric lights and home appliances made life easier With more and more electricity there were job opportunities for people since most people didn't have jobs (Great Depression) Made new farming methods like crop rotation http://www.rrsd.mb.ca/ResourcesandProjects/grade6/images/electricity.gif http://www.kings.co.nz/site/kingsplant/images/3_yr_Crop_Rota_short_Sep_08_1.jp g

7. Still in use or not Today the TVA is still in use Ranks as America's largest public power company 17,000 miles of transmission lines, delivers power to 8.5 million residents of Tennessee Valley Also it provides opportunities of sailing, fishing, canoeing, and a lot of other activities with 100 public campgrounds So overall its still in use providing electricity to people and many activities to the people in Tennessee Valley http://www.sitemason.com/files/l1wuCk/tvasigjn.JP G http://www.celsias.com/media/uploads/admin/fishing2.jp g