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... TVA provided flood control, power generation, soil conservation, fertilizers, improved public health, and reforestation. This was the largest single construction program ever undertaken in the United States up to that time {Armytage, 1961~.
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  • electrical engineers
  • flood control
  • war effort
  • power generation
  • prospective war

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  • soil conservation
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  • improved public
  • government role


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