Briefly, TVA cut the average Daytonian’s electric bill by about two thirds. In the five years since the contract was made the number of power users in Dayton has increased from 637 to 923. And the total number of kilowatt-hours per consumer has almost doubled. Meanwhile the city of Dayton has made a net profit of $58,000, and now makes a monthly profit of almost $4,000.

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1.Tennessee Valley AuthorityClosely look at these four documents (a to d) and then write an essay analyzing theeffects of the Tennessee Valley Authority Act on the citizens and private power utilitycompanies in the region.In your response, you should do the following:State a relevant thesis that directly addresses all parts of the question.Support the thesis or a relevant argument with evidence from all, or all but one, of thedocuments.Incorporate analysis of all, or all but one, of the documents into your argument.Focus your analysis of each document on at least one of the following: intendedaudience, purpose, historical context, and/or point of view.Support your argument with analysis of historical examples outside the documents.Connect historical phenomena relevant to your argument to broader events orprocesses.Synthesize the elements above into a persuasive essay.Use the documents and your knowledge of the Tennessee Valley Authority to write theessay.(a)"An Act to Improve the Navigability and to Provide for the Flood Control of theTennessee River: To Provide for Reforestation and the Proper Use of Marginal Landsin the Tennessee Valley; to Provide for the Agricultural and Industrial Development ofSaid Valley; to Provide for the National Defense by the Creation of a Corporation forthe Operation of Government Properties at and Near Muscle Shoals in the State ofAlabama, and for Other Purposes May 18, 1933"4

—Tennessee Valley Authority Act, 1933(b)(c)Daytonians had been struggling along for years with an outmoded municipal electricsystem which had its current generated in the steam plant of a local sawmill. Alreadythe city had been forced to pay for new equipment without having any part in itsmanagement. In 1934 the city was called upon to invest money for the patching up ofthis decrepit private plant, which was daily threatening to close down and leave the citywithout power.City commissioners talked the matter over. "If the TVA is going to start giving peoplearound here cheap electricity," they reasoned. "by gosh, Dayton is more entitled to itthan anybody else." So at the request (one might almost say demand) of thecommissioners, TVA worked out a system for local distribution. Though Dayton's rateshad been about the lowest of any municipal system in the section, the following tableshows what this transfer meant to her in dollars and cents:Rates Before TVAFirst 20 kilowatt-hours. . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 centseachNext 30 kilowatt-hours . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 centseachNext 50 kilowatt-hours and over . . . . . 5 cents5

eachPresent TVA RatesFirst 40 kilowatt-hours. . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 centseachNext 150 kilowatt-hours . . . . . . . . . . . 2 centseachNext 200 kilowatt-hours . . . . . . . . . . . 1 centeachNext 1000 kilowatt-hours . . . . . . . . . . 4 millsBriefly, TVA cut the average Daytonian's electric bill by about two thirds. In the fiveyears since the contract was made the number of power users in Dayton hasincreased from 637 to 923. and the total number of kilowatt-hours per consumer hasalmost doubled. Meanwhile the city of Dayton has made a net profit of $58,000, andnow makes a monthly profit of almost $4,000.

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the russian empire[a] was an empire that extended across eurasia and north america from 1721, following the end of the great northern war, until the republic was proclaimed by the provisional government that took power after the february revolution of 1917.[4]

the third largest empire in world history, at its greatest extent stretching over three continents, europe, asia, and north america, the russian empire was surpassed in size only by the british and mongol empires. the rise of the russian empire coincided with the decline of neighboring rival powers: the swedish empire, the polish–lithuanian commonwealth, persia and the ottoman empire. it played a major role in 1812–1814 in defeating napoleon's ambitions to control europe and expanded to the west and south.

the house of romanov ruled the russian empire from 1721 until 1762, and its matrilineal branch of patrilineal german descent the house of holstein-gottorp-romanov ruled from 1762. at the beginning of the 19th century, the russian empire extended from the arctic ocean in the north to the black sea in the south, from the baltic sea on the west to the pacific ocean, into alaska and northern california in america on the east.[5] with 125.6 million subjects registered by the 1897 census, it had the third-largest population in the world at the time, after qing china and india. like all empires, it featured great diversity in terms of economies, ethnicity, and religion. there were many dissident elements, who launched numerous rebellions and assassination attempts; they were closely watched by the secret police, with thousands exiled to siberia.

economically, the empire had a predominantly agricultural base, with low productivity on large estates worked by serfs (russian peasants) until they were freed in 1861. the economy slowly industrialized with the of foreign investments in railways and factories. the land was ruled by a nobility, the boyars, from the 10th through the 17th centuries, and subsequently by an emperor. tsar ivan iii (1462–1505) laid the groundwork for the empire that later emerged. he tripled the territory of his state, ended the dominance of the golden horde, renovated the moscow kremlin, and laid the foundations of the russian state. emperor peter the great (1682–1725) fought numerous wars and expanded an already huge empire into a major european power. he moved the capital from moscow to the new model city of st. petersburg, and led a cultural revolution that replaced some of the traditionalist and medieval social and political mores with a modern, scientific, europe-oriented, and rationalist system.

empress catherine the great (reigned 1762–1796) presided over a golden age; she expanded the state by conquest, colonization and diplomacy, continuing peter the great's policy of modernization along western european lines. emperor alexander ii (1855–1881) promoted numerous reforms, most dramatically the emancipation of all 23 million serfs in 1861. his policy in eastern europe involved protecting the orthodox christians under the rule of the ottoman empire. that connection by 1914 led to russia's entry into the first world war on the side of france, the united kingdom, and serbia, against the german, austrian, and ottoman empires.

the russian empire functioned as an absolute monarchy on principles of orthodoxy, autocracy, and nationality until the revolution of 1905 and then became a de jure constitutional monarchy. the empire collapsed during the february revolution of 1917, largely as a result of massive failures in its participation in the first world war.