The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) was designed to _______
A) help support continued control of electrical power by private companies
B) bring modernization and jobs to desolate areas of the upper rural South
C) alienate troublesome conservationists in his administration
D) test the authority of the Supreme Court
E) win votes in a largely Republican area of the country
Answer: B
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