PPT-Hoover Dam

A Modern Marvel Project Overview Why Build a Dam Before the Hoover Dam was built the Colorado River was dangerous and unpredictable Towns and Farms were often flooded during the late spring and early Summer due to runoff from snow melting in . William Empson, PE, PMP . Senior Levee Safety Program Risk Manager. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Risk Management Center . William.B.Empson@usace.army.mil. Dam Safety Workshop. Brasília, Brazil. 20-24 May 2013. Site Specific Matrix. Jason Butler. 3/4/2011. Worcester Polytechnic Institute. Civil & Environmental Engineering. Major Qualifying Project (MQP). Stantec Project Center. Project Advisors: . Professor Frederick Hart . Breda Garrity. IB History of the Americas. #4. Growing Up Years. Born on August 10. th. , 1874.. Hoover was one of three children in his family.. When he was six his father died of heart problems and when he was nine his mother died of pneumonia. . In . 1932. the United States was nearing the low point of the . Great Depression. By now Americans had become used to scenes of homeless, . jobless. people camped out in cardboard shacks in public areas. The Environmental Impact of the dam. Background. The Aswan Dam is an embankment dam situated across the Nile River in Aswan, Egypt. Since the 1950s, the name commonly refers to the High Dam, which is larger and newer than the Aswan Low Dam, which was first completed in 1902. Following Egypt's independence from the United Kingdom, the High Dam was constructed between 1960 and 1970. It aimed to increase economic production by further regulating the annual river flooding and providing storage of water for agriculture, and later, to generate hydroelectricity. The dam has had a significant impact on the economy and culture of Egypt.. . - I can locate the Three Gorges dam with place names – Level 4. . - I can explain why the government built the Three Gorges Dam – Level 5 . - I can evaluate whether the Dam is sustainable in developing China and its people – Level 6/7. As . the Great Depression escalated into a national . crisis. , . American citizens looked to President Herbert Hoover for a . federal. . response. . Hoover was hailed by many as the “Great Humanitarian” and a wonder worker who could find a solution to their problems. However, Hoover was firmly entrenched in “laissez faire” ideology which would greatly limit his initial response to the Great Depression. . Herbert Hoover. Republican . Hoover took office at a time of unparalleled economic prosperity and optimism. BUT at the end of his presidency- the US was at the bottom of the deepest economic depression in history . WHAT IS HYDROELECTRIC POWER?. “Flowing water creating energy . that . can be captured and turned into electricity. This is called . hydroelectric power.  or . hydropower. .”. -Renewable Energy world. On October 29, 1929, stock prices fell drastically on Black Tuesday, resulting in a $10 to $15 billion loss in value. While this did not cause the Great Depression, it did undermine the economy’s ability to hold out against its other weaknesses.. Hoovers Response Fails. At first, Hoover felt that government should not interfere.- . Laissez Faire Economics. Thought of this as a downswing of the . business cycle. . Asked for volunteerism.. For business leaders not to cut prices and wages. Early Months of Hoover Administration . Elected in 1929. Hoover was a millionaire and claimed that “anyone not only can be rich, but . ought. to be rich”. Warned of the dangers of a large and activist federal government, but also criticized the self-serving greed of large corporations.. Activity Worksheets for Artifacts from the Schoolhouse Herbert Hoover National Historic Site 110 Parkside Drive PO Box 607 West Branch Iowa 52358 Phone 319 643-2541 This page is intentionally blank H . - I can explain why the government built the Three Gorges Dam – Level 5 . - I can evaluate whether the Dam is sustainable in developing China and its people – Level 6/7. Learning Objective- To investigate whether China is developing sustainably. .