Expanding and regulating utilities (1 gen 1945 anni – 1 gen 1949 anni)

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The Second New Deal also includ-
ed laws to promote rural electrification and to regulate public utilities. In 1935, only 12.6 percent of American farms had electricity. Roosevelt established under executive order the Rural Electrification Administration (REA), which financed and worked with electrical cooperatives to bring electricity to isolated areas. By 1945,
48 percent of America’s farms and rural homes had electricity.

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