Difference between revisions of "Tennessee Valley Authority"
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| − | [[category: | + | The original idea was proposed by [[Henry Ford]] and conservative businessmen in the 1920s, but was blocked by liberals led by Senator [[George Norris]] who feared business. Norris, although nominally a Republican, supported President [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]] and sponsored the TVA in 1933, even though it had no impact on his state of Nebraska. |
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| + | The project successfully modernized most of Tennessee, which was hard hit by the [[Great Depression]]. Today Tennessee conservatives support the TVA. However the economic growth of Tennessee since 1933 closely parallels neighboring Kentucky, even though Kentucky has almost no TVA activity. | ||
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| + | ==Arkansas River Authority--rejected== | ||
| + | Liberals proposed in the 1930s the Arkansas Valley Authority (AVA), patterned on the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA), which would have contained all of Arkansas and Oklahoma and large parts of Missouri, Louisiana, Kansas, Texas, New Mexico, and Colorado. The AVA was supported by the Roosevelt administration and Federal legislation was proposed in 1941. Opposition, led by Colorado Governor Ralph Carr and including all Colorado Congressmen and Senator Alva B. Adams as well as the Southwestern Interstate Coal Operators' Association and the Denver Chamber of Commerce, helped defeat the AVA. Opposition centered on possible loss of Colorado's water rights and fear of increased Federal powers.<ref>Mary Farley, "Colorado and the Arkansas Valley Authority," ''Colorado Magazine'' 1971 48(3): 221-234, | ||
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Revision as of 07:05, November 19, 2009
The Tennessee Valley Authority, (1933 to present) is a federal agency charged with bringing electricity to the Tennessee Valley through dams and economic development.
The original idea was proposed by Henry Ford and conservative businessmen in the 1920s, but was blocked by liberals led by Senator George Norris who feared business. Norris, although nominally a Republican, supported President Franklin D. Roosevelt and sponsored the TVA in 1933, even though it had no impact on his state of Nebraska.
The project successfully modernized most of Tennessee, which was hard hit by the Great Depression. Today Tennessee conservatives support the TVA. However the economic growth of Tennessee since 1933 closely parallels neighboring Kentucky, even though Kentucky has almost no TVA activity.
Arkansas River Authority--rejected
Liberals proposed in the 1930s the Arkansas Valley Authority (AVA), patterned on the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA), which would have contained all of Arkansas and Oklahoma and large parts of Missouri, Louisiana, Kansas, Texas, New Mexico, and Colorado. The AVA was supported by the Roosevelt administration and Federal legislation was proposed in 1941. Opposition, led by Colorado Governor Ralph Carr and including all Colorado Congressmen and Senator Alva B. Adams as well as the Southwestern Interstate Coal Operators' Association and the Denver Chamber of Commerce, helped defeat the AVA. Opposition centered on possible loss of Colorado's water rights and fear of increased Federal powers.[1]
references
- ↑ Mary Farley, "Colorado and the Arkansas Valley Authority," Colorado Magazine 1971 48(3): 221-234,