PROTESTS ACTIVISM AND CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE 1954 1973
THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT DURING THE 1950S
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gained access to electricity through newly erected power lines.
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received price reductions on the electricity they already purchased.
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made profits by selling electricity to people living in urban areas.
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were able to produce alcohol illegally and sell it for a substantial profit.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Roosevelt’s New Deal. This law allowed the federal government to make low-cost loans to farmers who had banded together to create non-profit cooperatives for the purpose of bringing electricity to rural America.
Detailed explanation-2: -Advantages of the Rural Electrification Act Gains in productivity meant that farmers made more money and were able to pay back the REA loans. The default rate on these loans was less than 1%. 4 In other words, the government managed to provide electricity to its rural population essentially for free.
Detailed explanation-3: -May 20, 2016 is the 80th anniversary of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936. The REA was created to bring electricity to farms. In 1936, nearly 90 percent of farms lacked electric power because the costs to get electricity to rural areas were prohibitive.
Detailed explanation-4: -(i) laying of power infrastructure; (ii) power load development; (iii) rapid socio-economic development of rural and urban areas, and (iv) technology up-gradation. 5.