How did the TVA affect society during the Great Depression?

The Tennessee Valley Authority helped a great deal in the Great Depression. The south (during the depression) needed a couple of things. The most notable grievances of the south were for electricity and jobs. The New Deal program that made the TVA sought to fix both. read more

During the Great Depression of the 1930s, President Franklin D. Roosevelt set up many new projects and agencies to help the hardest hit areas of the United States. One such agency was the Tennessee Valley Authority, which was created in 1933. The Tennessee River valley was continually dealing with floods, deforestation, and eroded land. read more

These in-depth columns tell the story of TVA through the people and events that shaped its history—and indeed life in the Tennessee Valley as we know it today. Read about the vision, conflicts, personal and political struggles that made TVA great. read more