The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)
 Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)

Franklin D Roosevelt (FDR) was the 32nd American President who served in office from March 4, 1933 to April 12 , 1945. One of the important events during his presidency was the creation of the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA).

 

The purpose of the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) was to enable the Federal government to develop and distribute cheap hydroelectric power (electricity) into rural areas that were not served by private utilities. The aims of the TVA were to modernize the region's infrastructure by dam building projects to improve the economic and social lives of rural people. There were many other benefits such as providing thousands of jobs during the Great Depression, providing irrigation, controlling floods and forest fires, the development of new agricultural methods, malaria prevention, improved navigation and conserving forestlands and wildlife.