Tennessee Valley Authority/Building for Good

What is the TVA?

• It was a program to build hydroelectric dams and provide jobs for the community.

• It was a program that provided food for homeless people.

Few industries existed in the area, so many people who lived there did not have jobs.

• True

• False

What was the name of the program that President Franklin D. Roosevelt created?

• TRA

• TVA

The TVA supplied jobs for many workers, and it also controlled flooding and provided the areas with electricity.

• False

• True

Was everyone pleased with the TVA program?

• Yes

• No

People living in these towns had to move to create this program TVA

• True

• False

The rivers in Tennessee Valley became easier to travel?

• False

• True

What is a sharecropper?

• A sharecropper is when someone escapes from his or her land to find a better life.

• Sharecropping is when anyone lives and/or works on land that is not theirs and in return for their effort they pay no bills.

What is a habitat for humanity?

• Is a program created by Carters providing drinkable water to the community

• Is a program created by Fuller to help people afford a decent place to live?

Habitat Restore sells:

• Furniture and appliances at low prices.

• Furniture and appliances at high prices.