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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Boulder City
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Hoover Town
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Essentially a government reservation, Boulder City was constructed in 1932 for dam workers and their families. Bechtel Corporation. For citizens shaken by the tumultuous effects of the Great Depression, the Hoover Dam project provided two essentials that were in short supply: work and housing.
Detailed explanation-2: -Building Hoover Dam created an entire city. Speaking of places named Boulder, you may not know that Nevada’s Boulder City didn’t exist before the Hoover Dam project. In fact, the city was built in 1930 solely to house the 5, 000 workers employed to build the dam.
Detailed explanation-3: -The government designed and built the still thriving Boulder City, six miles from the dam site.
Detailed explanation-4: -Hoover left office, the names “Boulder Canyon Dam” and “Boulder Dam” were frequently used when referring to the dam, allegedly because the new Secretary of the Interior did not like Mr. Hoover.