1. Tennessee Valley Authority Meredith Gano Ursula Widocki Sarah Zimmermann

2.  Public power provider TVA

3.  to address environmental, economic, and technological issues TVA’s Purpose

4.  May 18, 1933 Congress passed the TVA act How TVA was Implemented

5.  Gave Jobs It’s Target

6.  Needed Increase of Federal Spending:  To develop and enforce the TVA  To develop/ distribute fertilizers to farmers  To construct hydroelectric power stations  To build dams  To provide jobs The Role of Government Norris Dam, first Dam built under the TVA

7.  Involvement in Everyday Normal Lives:  Taught farmers new techniques  Provided employment  Generated Electricity  Controlled Tennessee River The Role of Government Carpenter working on the construction of the Douglas Dam in East Tennessee

8.  Regulated Big Businesses:  Sold to publically-owned distribution utilities  Created regulations to prevent competition  "Never shall the federal government part with its sovereignty or with its control of its power resources while I'm president of the United States." The Role of Government Roosevelt signing the TVA Act

9. Effectiveness Successful regional plan Improved standard of living Economical development

10.  Improve efficiency  Healthy soil  Crop rotation  Fertilizers  Irrigation  More profit Farm Reform Demonstration Farm

11.  Reduce destructive flooding  Conservation  Preservation  Jobs Creation of Dams Bed Flooding Hydroelectric Dam

12.  Affordable for rural isolated towns  Government involvement in business power  Ruled Constitutional Power Supply

13. TVA Today  Largest public power company  Transportation  Water Quality  Recreation Long-Lasting Effects

14.  Bernard, Patricia. "History of the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)." Almanac of Policy Issues. N.p.. Web. 2 Dec 2012.  Kennedy, David, Lizabeth Cohen, and Thomas Bailey. The American Pagent. 12th ed. New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2002. 791. Print.  Tennessee Valley Authority Act of 1933. 17,  73d Cong. (1993)  Tennessee Valley Authority. Tennessee Valley Authority, n.d. Web. 2 Dec. 2012. . Work Cited