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How much transmission line did the government build for the Tennessee Valley Authority, and why were its rates set low?
AAbout 800 km, to let many people use power
BAbout 8,000 km, to let many people use power
CAbout 8,000 km, to repay the building costs
DAbout 80,000 km, to supply distant cities
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: B. About 8,000 km, to let many people use power
1. 1. Dams on the Tennessee River and its tributaries generated electric power as well as improving navigation and flood control.
2. 2. Some 8,000 kilometres of transmission lines were built to carry that power.
3. 3. Power was sold to nearby communities at rates low enough to permit widespread consumption.
4. 4. Recovering the building costs would call for high rates, which is the opposite of the aim described.
_Source: An Outline of American History (U.S. Information Agency, 1990, public domain), section SOCIAL SECURITY ENACTED_
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