HISTORY
WORLD WAR II
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It improved tourism by building hotels.
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It brought electricity to thousands of people.
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It taught workers how to organize unions.
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It provided a police force for large urban areas.
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Detailed explanation-1: -By the end of World War II, TVA had completed a 650-mile (1, 050 km) navigation channel the length of the Tennessee River and had become the nation’s largest electricity supplier.
Detailed explanation-2: -From 1933 to 1959 the TVA expanded its electric service territory, ultimately serving seven southeastern states. The growth was halted in 1959, when the TVA decided to become self-financing.
Detailed explanation-3: -Most electric companies thought it was too expensive to string lines to farms. President Franklin Roosevelt believed strongly that America’s farms should have the same access to electricity as cities. In 1935 the Rural Electric Administration was created to bring electricity to rural areas like the Tennessee Valley.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Unified Development of the Tennessee River plan stressed TVA was to provide flood control, navigation and electricity for the region. TVA’s dams are tangible evidence of its primary mission: improving life in the Tennessee Valley. We’re celebrating the plan with an in-depth look at 32 of the dams it comprises.