Pearson Education, Inc., publishing as Longman © 2008 THE TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY (TVA) Roosevelt wanted to make Tennessee Valley area a broad experiment in social planning Expand hydroelectric plant at Muscle Shoals, Alabama, that had been built during WWI Develop nitrate manufacturing in order to produce cheap fertilizers Create coordinated program of soil conservation, reforestation, and industrialization Congress passed the TVA Act in May 1933 Created a board authorized to build dams, power plants, and transmission lines and to sell fertilizers and electricity to individuals and local communities Could undertake flood control, soil conservation and reforestation projects and improve the navigation of the river
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