Question

What was the purpose of the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) during the Great Depression

Answer 1

The Tennessee Valley Authority was a union that constructed dams and power plants to improve the impoverished regions during the Great Depression. (I learned about this in Segment 1 of U.S. History this year.)

Answer 2

The purpose of the Tennessee Valley Authority (1933) was to modernize the rural Tennessee River Valley 's economy and society which was one of the regions most affected and impoverished by the Great Depression. The corporation aimed to accomplish this by bringing electricity to the region, operating the hydroelectric Wilson Dam, improving the navigability of the Tennessee River, providing flood control through reforestation of marginal lands in the Tennessee Valley watershed, by developing agriculture, commerce and industry and by making plans and taking actions for the construction of dams, reservoirs, and power plants.