What was the TVA and what did accomplish?

Answer 1

The Tennessee Valley Authority built 40 dams (think beavers)to control flooding and also produced cheap electricity. The dams held back water widening canals thus enabling shipping. The TVA also planted forests to conserve soil. the trees held the dirt together thus stopping erosion.

Answer 2

It modernized the US region around the Tennessee River, developing modern farming and generating hydroelectric power from dams. It began as one of the largest federal public works programs during the Great Depression (1933).

The Tennessee Valley Authority built 40 dams (think beavers) to control flooding, and also produced cheap electricity for the predominantly rural areas. The dams held back water, widening canals thus enabling shipping. The TVA also planted forests, conserving soil by reducing erosion.

The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) is a federally owned corporation that was created by congressional charter in May 1933 to provide navigation, flood control, electricity, fertilizer manufacturing and economic development in the Tennessee Valley, a region particularly affected by the Great Depression.