Rural Electrification Administration

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The Rural Electrification Administration was a New Deal-era U.S. government agency that financed and promoted the extension of electric power to rural and farm areas across the country.

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Generate an image of the Rural Electrification Administration (The Rural Electrification Administration was a New Deal-era U.S. government agency that financed and promoted the extension of electric power to rural and farm areas across the country.)

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Predicate Object
instanceOf New Deal agency ⓘ
United States federal agency ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction United States ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
dissolved 1994 ⓘ
fieldOfWork infrastructure development ⓘ
public utilities ⓘ
financingMethod federal loans ⓘ
long-term low-interest credit ⓘ
foundedBy Franklin D. Roosevelt ⓘ
hasActivity construction of transmission and distribution lines ⓘ
financing electric distribution systems ⓘ
promoting rural electric cooperatives ⓘ
providing low-interest loans ⓘ
technical assistance for rural electrification ⓘ
hasEffect expansion of rural electric cooperatives ⓘ
increased percentage of electrified farms in the United States ⓘ
modernization of rural agriculture ⓘ
reduction of urban-rural infrastructure gap ⓘ
hasPurpose extension of electric power to farms ⓘ
extension of electric power to rural areas ⓘ
improvement of rural living standards ⓘ
rural electrification ⓘ
support of agricultural productivity ⓘ
headquartersLocation Washington, D.C. ⓘ
historicalPeriod Great Depression ⓘ
New Deal era ⓘ
linked to: New Deal
inception 1935 ⓘ
May 11, 1935 ⓘ
legalBasis Executive Order 7037 ⓘ
Rural Electrification Act of 1936 ⓘ
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity District of Columbia ⓘ
mainBeneficiary farmers ⓘ
rural communities ⓘ
rural households ⓘ
namedAfter rural electrification ⓘ
notableAchievement electrification of most U.S. farms by the mid-20th century ⓘ
parentOrganization United States Department of Agriculture ⓘ
partOf New Deal ⓘ
United States Department of Agriculture ⓘ
replacedBy Rural Utilities Service ⓘ
sector electric power ⓘ
rural development ⓘ
significantProject development of rural electric cooperatives in the United States ⓘ
nationwide expansion of rural power distribution networks ⓘ
usedFor construction of rural electric lines ⓘ
construction of rural substations ⓘ
electrification of farms ⓘ
electrification of small rural towns ⓘ

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74th United States Congress → passed → Rural Electrification Act of 1936 ⓘ
linked to: Rural Electrification Administration
Emergency Relief Appropriation Act of 1935 → authorizedProgram → Rural Electrification Administration ⓘ
Rural Utilities Service → replaced → Rural Electrification Administration ⓘ
Executive Order 7037 → authorizedCreationOf → Rural Electrification Administration ⓘ
Executive Order 7037 → establishedAgency → Rural Electrification Administration ⓘ
Executive Order 7037 → implementedBy → Rural Electrification Administration ⓘ
Executive Order 7037 → subjectHeading → Rural Electrification Administration—Establishment ⓘ
linked to: Rural Electrification Administration
Rural Electrification Act of 1936 → createdAgency → Rural Electrification Administration ⓘ
Rural Electrification Act of 1936 → administeredBy → Rural Electrification Administration ⓘ
Rural Electrification Act of 1936 → relatedProgram → Rural Electrification Administration loan program ⓘ
linked to: Rural Electrification Administration
Rural Utilities Service → predecessor → Rural Electrification Administration ⓘ
subject linked to: RUS
New Deal agricultural programs → hasPart → Rural Electrification Administration ⓘ