Rural Populations
False! The Rural Electrification Administration provided electricity to rural areas. Not urban.
isolated rural ares
to bring electricity to rural areas such as Tennessee Valley
promote electricity accesss to the poor rural population
The REA, or Rural Electrification Administration, was creadted in 1935 by the Roosevelt administration to encourage farmers to create electricity coperative companies. It was meant to bring electricity to rual areas as only ten percent of rual dwellers had access as well as nine out of ten farms having no electricity.
gave electricity to remote areas of the land
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He established the Rural Electrification Administration. Some of the WPA projects under his administration provided long term benefits to the country as well as provided needed jobs.
The Rural Electrification Administration, established in 1935, was charged with distributing power to even the most remote regions and communities of the nation.
Harry Slattery has written: 'Rural America lights up' -- subject(s): Electricity in agriculture, United States, United States. Rural Electrification Administration
The pros is that more people would get electricity. The cons is that this project would be really expensive and take a lot of time.