Answer:
Before rural electrification, large parts of Tennessee could not have electric lights, telephones, radios, hot water, heat.
Explanation:
As part of Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal during the Great Depression of the 1930s, he brought electricity to rural areas which were not a profitable enough market place for private enterprise to be the suppliers. The government has frequently extended the benefits of inventions beyond the bounds of private enterprise when the standard of living is thought to require it.
