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Definition: Tennessee Valley Authority from The Macquarie Dictionary
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an organisation set up by the US government in 1933 to harness the Tennessee River for cheap electric power, irrigation, flood control, increased navigation, etc.

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Tennessee Valley Authority

From The Columbia Encyclopedia
(TVA), independent U.S. government corporate agency, created in 1933 by act of Congress; it is responsible for the integrated development of the Tennessee River basin. The history of TVA began in the early 1920s, when Senator George William Norris sponsored a plan to have the government take over and operate Wilson Dam and other installations that had been built by the government for national defense purposes during World War I at Muscle Shoals , Alabama. However, legislation to this effect was vetoed in 1928 and in 1931 by Presidents Calvin Coolidge and Herbert Hoover. The 1933 TVA Act, redrafted by President Franklin D. Roosevelt, went far beyond the earlier proposals and launched the federal government into a vast scheme of regional planning and development—an undertaking that became the model for similar river projects. The establishment of the TVA marked the first time that an agency was directed to address the total resource development needs of a major region. TVA was instructed…
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From Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
U.S. government agency established in 1933 to control floods, improve navigation, and generate electrical power along the Tennessee River and its tributaries. The TVA is a public corporation governed by a board of directors. It has jurisdiction over the entire basin of the river, which covers parts…
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From Encyclopedia of American Studies
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The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) is the principal survivor of President Franklin D. Roosevelt's first hundred days of the New Deal ... …
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From Gale Encyclopedia of U.S. Economic History
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The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) is a federal agency charged with creating hydroelectric power, controlling flooding, and promoting economic growth in a large swath of the southeastern United States. The TVA was created in 1933—in the midst of the Great Depression (1929–39)—and was an important…
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Full text Article Tennessee Valley Authority Act

From Encyclopedia of the American Presidency
Signed into law by Franklin Roosevelt in 1933, the Tennessee Valley Authority Act was a regional development program, grand in scope and progressive in design, that crossed state boundaries and was intended to promote the public use of natural resources. Aimed at one of the most depressed regions of…
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From The Reader's Companion to American History
Created during the first Hundred Days session of Franklin D. Roosevelt's presidency in 1933, the Tennessee Valley Authority ( tva ) brought power to rural areas along the Tennessee River in seven states. Progressive reformers long had argued for government ownership of municipal services, and the…
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From The Hutchinson Unabridged Encyclopedia with Atlas and Weather Guide
US government corporation founded in 1933 to develop the Tennessee River basin (an area of some 104,000 sq km/40,000 sq mi) by building hydroelectric power stations, producing and distributing fertilizers, and similar activities. The TVA was associated with President F D Roosevelt's New Deal , …
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From Milestone Documents in American History: Exploring the Primary Sources That Shaped America
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Author U.S. Congress; George Norris Date 1933 Type Legislative Significance Created a new entity charged with controlling the Tennessee River’s floodwaters, creating cheap electric power, and improving the lives of the people living in one of the United States’ most economically depressed regions…
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From The Oxford Encyclopedia of the History of American Science, Medicine, and Technology
Established in May 1933 during the frenzied first one hundred days of the New Deal, the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) sought to revitalize one of America's poorest regions. At the time, the farms and small towns in the seven states that bordered the nearly impassable Tennessee River and its…
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From The Oxford Encyclopedia of American Business, Labor, and Economic History
Established in May 1933 during the frenzied first one hundred days of the New Deal, the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) sought to revitalize one of America's poorest regions. At the time, the farms and small towns in the seven states that bordered the nearly impassable Tennessee River and its…
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From Dictionary of American Government and Politics
The Tennessee Valley Authority is a federally owned corporation created soon after the Roosevelt administration assumed office. In April 1933, he asked Congress to establish it as a means of providing navigation, flood control, electricity generation, irrigation, and the broad economic development…
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