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Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act 1936 Franklin D. Roosevelt

Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act 1936 Franklin D. Roosevelt. By: Alex Hansen U.S. History. What is it?. Reaction to Supreme Court’s rejection to Agricultural Adjustment Act (AAA) Restricted agricultural production by paying farmers to reduce crop area and livestock

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Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act 1936 Franklin D. Roosevelt

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  1. Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act1936Franklin D. Roosevelt By: Alex Hansen U.S. History

  2. What is it? • Reaction to Supreme Court’s rejection to Agricultural Adjustment Act (AAA) • Restricted agricultural production by paying farmers to reduce crop area and livestock • Allowed government to pay farmers to reduce production • Conserve soil • Prevent erosion

  3. What Did It Do? • Educated farmers on how to use their land without damaging it • Took immediate action to contain Dust Bowl’s effects • Planting trees • Native grass

  4. BEFORE

  5. Was It Successful? • Three years later • Soil erosion dropped by 65%

  6. Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) Senator George W. Norris of Nebraska May 1933

  7. What Is It? • Federally owned corporation in the US • Power supplier • Regulatory Agency • TVA pledged to • Improve navigability on the Tennessee River • Provide flood control • Reforest and improve marginal farm land • Assist in industrial and agricultural development • Assist in the creation of a government nitrate and phosphorus manufacturing facility

  8. What Did It Do? • Provided navigation, flood control, electricity generation, fertilizer manufacturing, and economic development • Service area covers most of Tennessee, portions of Alabama, Mississippi, and Kentucky • Small areas of Georgia North Carolina and Virginia

  9. Was It Successful? • Today • Nation's largest public power company • Provides electric power to over nine million customers in the Tennessee Valley

  10. Name the two main goals of the Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment. • Conserve soil & prevent erosion • What were planted in order to prevent soil erosion? • Trees & native grasses • In what states is Tennessee Valley located in? (7) • Tennessee, Alabama, Kentucky, Mississippi, Georgia, North Carolina & Virginia • How many customers does TVA provide electricity to in Tennessee Valley? • Over nine million

  11. Sources • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tennessee_Valley_Authority • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soil_Conservation_and_Domestic_Allotment_Act • http://www.sparknotes.com/history/american/depression/section6.rhtml • http://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h1653.html

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