by admin | May 28, 1933 | Tennessee Valley Timeline
Another New Deal program, the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) is created with a mission to increase electric power production, create employment and imporove navigation and flood control in the Tennessee Valley.
by admin | Mar 28, 1933 | Tennessee Valley Timeline
Part of FDR’s New Deal economic program is the creation of agencies such as the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) to put people to work across the country with government-funded conservation projects and parks.
by admin | Nov 28, 1932 | Tennessee Valley Timeline
Democrat Franklin Delano Roosevelt wins the national election on a platform that calls for increased government intervention in the economy.
by admin | Jun 28, 1932 | Tennessee Valley Timeline
As the world’s economic situation worsens, the mood in the U.S. grows more desperate. In the Tennessee Valley, over 90% of rural households still do not have electric power and unemployment is high.
by admin | Oct 28, 1929 | Tennessee Valley Timeline
The massive collapse of stock prices triggers a large-scale, global economic decline that vecomes known as the Great Depression.
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