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A 6 page paper that analyzes the ultimate success of the Tennessee Valley Authority as well as the ultimate costs that were paid to its construction. Discussed are President Franklin Roosevelt's dreams of the TVA as a utopian corporation along with the project's opposition and the bureaucratic policies adopted throughout its formation and progression. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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the bureaucratic policies adopted throughout its formation and progression. Bibliography lists 5 sources. LCTVA.doc Pride, Prejudice & Politics - The High Cost of the Success of the
TVA Written by Linda Canada 07/2000 Please I. New Deal, New Dreams for a Utopian
Corporation The year 1933 was a year of hardship and depression within the United States, and nowhere was this hardship more evident than in the underdeveloped region known as the
Tennessee Valley. Years upon years of continuous farming had eroded the soil, depleting the area not only of higher crop yields but also of much needed sustenance and income.
The prime portions of the lush timberlands of Tennessee and Alabama had long been cut and sent to the mills, and the people of the Tennessee Valley were left
with few resources and even fewer means by which to cultivate those that remained (TVA http://www.tva.gov/index.htm). Indeed, it is true that all of America was depressed in the year
1933, but it is also a fact that the area known as the Tennessee Valley was severely depressed at the time. Meanwhile, in Washington, President Franklin Roosevelt was hard at
work on the restructuring program known as the New Deal, a set of economic renovations and solutions designed to help America rise above her hardships and put the days of
the Great Depression behind her. One of the most innovative and creative plans spawned by Roosevelt and the New Deal was one aimed at integrating the development of the
Tennessee River Basin by constructing a series of dams and steam powered facilities designed to generate large quantities of energy at a relatively low cost. This plan took flight
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