Hoover Dam

In America, we faced a major problem on October, 24, 1929. As we call it today “ Black Thursday”, the beginning of the Stock Market crash. The Stock Market crash continued to crash until “Black Tuesday” (October, 29, 1929), leading America into an economic depression, known as the “Great Depression”. Americans were getting laying off, leading people without money, jobs, family member, food and shelter. Forcing companies and industries to go down the drain.This excessive amount of complication…

introduction and the first chapter. The author introduces the big picture of the western water system, including its canals and dams. In the West, the arid climate isn't suitable for plants growing. As the catastrophic of drought happened in the 1800s and the 1930s, Powell believes that a federal irrigation program can solve the problem for the West. Then, people were constantly building dams for about fifty years, because they can storage water, help to transport water to other areas, and also…

begin with? In the 1920’s also known as the Roaring Twenties, life was good, the U.S. was, “...nearer to the final triumph over poverty than ever before in the history of the land. The poorhouse is vanishing from among us.” said President Herbert Hoover. Many new inventions had come out and companies were bringing in money fast. What companies and people did not realize, however; was that once a large number of people had their products, less people would need them, and the demand would go down…

The movie I have chosen for a film analysis is called, San Andreas which relates to an environmental disaster that is unpredictable and results in a serious effect on the environment (Warner Bros. Pictures, 2015). The San Andreas shows one fascinating aspect of American disaster film that presents two apocalyptic, an earthquake and a tsunami by addressing the most-commonly portrayed environmental disaster. Along with showing the powerful natural disaster, this film concentrates on informing…

1-The Eiffel Tower(Paris) It built in 1889.The Eiffel Tower (nickname the iron lady) named with it’s engineer.His name is Gustave Eiffel.It built for Expo 1889 Paris Fair.It has became a global icon of France.It’s three hundred meters high and one hundred twenty five meters wide.It is the tallest building in Paris.Every day millions of tourists visit here and see this wonderful structure. 2-The Great Wall of China Chinese Emperor Si-Huangti constructed the great Wall of the China in B.C(Before…

Enjoy an autumn escape to the Smoky Mountains Changing leaves displaying a vibrant color of red, orange, and purple accompanied by cooler days indicates that autumn has arrived. Autumn is also the season to get out and explore our natural environment, whether for a day or weekend. This autumn, treat yourself to a getaway to the Great Smoky Mountains National Park and experience a display of color like no other on earth. The park features more than 100 different varieties of trees displaying…

1905/1906 it caused a lot of damage to Yuma and destroyed a lot of buildings. They lost a lot of money because of this and they had to pay to clean the damages that the floods left and it was a disaster. Then the Yuma Project created the Laguna Dam and the Laguna Dam helped a lot on preventing…

1. Introduction The Glen Canyon Dam is a dam on the Colorado River in Arizona. It was engineered and constructed in several years, from 1956 to 1964. The main purpose of the dam is to generate electricity for communities and to provide water storage for the Upper Colorado River Basin, which ensures that sufficient water can be released to the Lower Basin [1] [2]. In this lab, students will be touring the Glen Canyon Dam and the Colorado River. Students will use the field trip as a reference to…

The construction of levees, dams, and canals/ditches were pretty costly especially from the Project’s early days when plans changed just as frequent as the Colorado and Gila Rivers meandered. Secondly, the abundant yields of crops call for a good amount of water from the irrigation…

the opposite direction to save her children that live near the Hoover Dam. After the group fights it’s decided that they will drive to the Hoover Dam to save the kids. After they save the children they realize that the the lava is closing in around them, which is when the hero comes up with the idea of busting the dam to put out the lava. They use some of the explosives the daredevil had with him and rig a bomb that will cause the dam to explode, as they try to get away the bomb doesn’t go off…