The effort undertaken on the part of the federal government to supply cheap electrical power for homes and factories in a seven-state region, preventing flooding, and putting the federal government in the business of selling electricity by building a series of dams was called:

The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)

Explanation:

The effort undertaken on the part of the federal government to supply cheap electrical power for homes and factories in a seven-state region, preventing flooding, and putting the federal government in the business of selling electricity by building a series of dams was called The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)

The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) was created by President Roosevelt on May 18,1933 as a federal cooperation which was saddle with the responsibility to tackle problems facing the seven-state region such as flooding control,fertilizer manufacturing,providing  and supplying cheap electrical  power to homes and business,replanting of forests and improving the lives  and economic development of people in the Tennessee Valley

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