THE GREAT DEPRESSION 1929 1940
PRESIDENT HERBERT HOOVER AND THE GREAT DEPRESSION
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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blasters
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high scalers
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Before construction could begin on the dam, this loose rock had to be removed. Special men were required for the job, men called “high-scalers.” Their job was to climb down the canyon walls on ropes. Here they worked with jackhammers and dynamite to strip away the loose rock.
Detailed explanation-2: -Hoover Dam uses Francis turbines.
Detailed explanation-3: -Presently, Hoover Dam can produce over 2, 000 megawatts of capacity and a yearly average generation of 4.5 billion kilowatt hours to serve the annual electrical needs of nearly 8 million people in Arizona, southern California, and southern Nevada.
Detailed explanation-4: -The dam, with its towering 726-foot concrete wall and its 17 power generators that came online in 1936, would not be touched.
Detailed explanation-5: -The reservoir is designed to hold 28, 945, 000 acre-feet of water and at 248 square miles its capacity is the largest in United States.