Closely look at the following four documents (lettered a to d), and then write an essay analyzing the effects of the Tennessee Valley Authority Act on the citizens and private power utility companies in the region. Use the documents and your knowledge of the Tennessee Valley Authority to write the essay.
"An Act to Improve the Navigability and to Provide for the Flood Control of the Tennessee River: To Provide for Reforestation and the Proper Use of Marginal Lands in the Tennessee Valley; to Provide for the Agricultural and Industrial Development of Said Valley; to Provide for the National Defense by the Creation of a Corporation for the Operation of Government Properties at and Near Muscle Shoals in the State of Alabama, and for Other Purposes May 18, 1933"
—Tennessee Valley Authority Act, 1933
