In a landmark environmental case, Hiram Hill sued to stop a project on this body of water to save the snail darter, becoming the first person to invoke the Endangered Species Act. Ronald Reagan was fired as the host of General Electric Theater in the 1950s after repeatedly criticizing “socialistic” practices on this body of water. Residents abandoned towns on this body of water like Butler and Loyston during a period in which it became the eastern boundary of the (*) Land Between the Lakes. A park on the shore of this river called Suttree Landing is dedicated to former houseboat inhabitant Cormac McCarthy. This river is the site of the largest public power provider in the US, which generated energy for the Manhattan Project’s uranium enrichment in the town of Oak Ridge. For 10 points, a New Deal agency frequently invoked eminent domain to dam what river whose cities include Knoxville? ■END■
ANSWER: Tennessee River [or Cherokee River; accept Little Tennessee River; accept Kentucky Lake Reservoir until “this river” is read]
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