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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The Colorado River
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Lake Mead
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Hoover Dam, which formed Lake Mead, is located in Black Canyon approximately 30 miles east of Las Vegas, NV in the Mojave Desert, Arizona-Nevada (Figure 1). At full pool, Lake Mead is the largest reservoir in the United States by volume and is second only to Lake Powell in surface area (Paulson and Baker 1983).
Detailed explanation-2: -Hoover Dam and Lake Mead, spanning the Arizona-Nevada state line, are located in the Black Canyon of the Colorado River about 35 miles southeast of Las Vegas, Nevada. It is a concrete thick-arch structure, 726.4 feet high and 1, 244 feet long.
Detailed explanation-3: -The reservoir created by the damming of the Colorado River became Lake Mead, named after Elwood Mead, the Bureau of Reclamation commissioner at the time.
Detailed explanation-4: -Lake Mead is North America’s largest man-made reservoir. It can hold up to 28, 945, 000 acre-feet of water at one time, and is formed by the legendary Hoover Dam. The reservoir is integral to the surrounding areas, with some 25 million people relying on water from Lake Mead.