was hydro-electric generation, and many of the structures used to create the energy (dams) were constructed during the Great Depression. The construction of these dams not only provided people with energy, but with jobs as well, and the “inexpensive power modernized the rural South and helped to industrialize the West.” However, once the war ended, Americans began to use non-renewable sources, such as coal. oil, or uranium, the need and usage of hydropower diminished to a great extent, and many…
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