What was an important result of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936? A) Rural telephone service was improved. B) Southern farm
ers were granted low-cost loans. C) Water and sewage systems were created in rural America. D) Most of the rural areas of the southeast received electricity.
The correct answer is D) Most of the rural areas of the southeast received electricity.
Signed by President Roosevelt on May 20, 1936, the Rural Electrification Act enabled the federal government to “make loans…for rural electrification and the furnishing of electric energy to persons in rural areas who are not receiving central station service.”
