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There were two major agencies for electricity during the New Deal. The Rural Electrification Administration (REA) brought electricity to isolated farm regions that were of no interest to private utility companies because of the cost and not much profit to the company. The largest government utility provider was the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA). It was created to harness the rivers in the Tennessee Valley area and provide electricity to the people living in those areas, some of the poorest in the nation. A system of dams would be created on the rivers to control the floods and to generate electricity. The low cost electricity brought the Valley into the 20th Century and provided the means for other companies to open in that area, thus providing employment to the people.
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What new deal program brought electricity to rural areas of the southeast?
Rural Electrification Act
What describes the fair deal?
There was already a square deal and a new deal. so Harry Truman came up with "fair deal" as a title for his proposed program. It was only a name for Truman's idea of what was needed . In actuality, a fair deal is an agreement that benefits parties in proportion to what they gave up.
What did President Roosevelt call his social welfare program?
The New Deal
Which president initialized the fair deal?
Harry Truman called his program the fair deal, after FDR's new deal and Theodore Roosevelt's square deal.
Which New Deal program provided monthley pensions for retired people?
Answer social security act
