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TVA-Tennessee Valley Authority

TVA-Tennessee Valley Authority . 1933 By: Whitney Boldan. TVA. The Tennessee Valley Authority passed by congressed on May 18, 1933. President Roosevelt needed ideas to make the New Deal better and to lift the nation out of the Great Depression.

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TVA-Tennessee Valley Authority

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  1. TVA-Tennessee Valley Authority 1933 By: Whitney Boldan

  2. TVA • The Tennessee Valley Authority passed by congressed on May 18, 1933. • President Roosevelt needed ideas to make the New Deal better and to lift the nation out of the Great Depression. • The New Deal is economic programs in the US during 1933-1936

  3. TVA continued.. • Roosevelt had many options to fix the problems of the beginning of the Great Depression but the TVA sounded most promising. • When Roosevelt was making a statement to congress to pass the TVA he said he wanted: • “a corporation clothed with the power of government but possessed of the flexibility and initiative of a private enterprise.”

  4. TVA being Passed • Franklin Roosevelt 

  5. Problems They Faced. • The TVA often faced issues like: • Power Production. • Navigation, and flood control. • Malaria Control. • Reforestation/Erosion control.

  6. What the TVA did. • TVA created new fertilizers, taught farmers how to improve crop yields. • They also helped replant forests, control forest fires, and improve habitat for wildlife and fish.

  7. More on what The TVA did. • The TVA would build Dams to control rivers around different parts of the Country. • Dams controlled floods, made navigation easier, and would help generate electricity.

  8. The New Deal • Was there to help the economy. • The things that came from the new deal” • Economy Act-cut federal costs throught the reorganization of cuts in salaries and veterans. • Beer-Wine Revenue Act-legalized and taxed wine. The Three R's. • The New Deal was President Roosevelt's plan to help get us out of the Great Depression.

  9. More on New Deal • Failed because it didn’t go far enough fast enough. • Help to recover the economy a little but it didn’t do enough. • The New Deal on the other hand did begin saving banks.

  10. Huey Pierce Long Jr. • He was the 40th governor of Louisiana from 1928-1932. • Then was US senator from 1932-1935. • He was a democrat although he was also backed up Franklin D. Roosevelt. • He created the Share our Wealth program in 1934 to redistribute wealth. • He was a critic of the Federal Reserve systems and their policies.

  11. Huey Continued.. • His Share Of Wealth program started problems with the New Deal. • Roosevelt’s supporters opposed Long because of his program. • The Share of Wealth progran took away fortunes of people. • It gave $5,000 to families to buy homes, cars, radios, ect.

  12. Huey Long

  13. Sources • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huey_Long • http://www.dtman.com/steve_private/school/newdeal.htm • http://www.tva.gov/abouttva/history.htm • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tennessee_Valley_Authority • http://www.prospect.org/cs/articles?article=learning_from_the_new_deals_mistakes • http://www.hueylong.com/

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