01:050:203 Lecture 14: The Hoover Dam Study Guide

• School: Rutgers University
• Department: American Studies
• Course: 01:050:203
• Professor: Angus Gillespie

Document Summary

Study guide: the hoover dam: the hoover dam was built in the black canyon of the colorado river, on the border between the states of nevada and arizona. Why is sometimes called america"s pyramid ? built in the middle of the desert that is as brutal as egypt: there was an early plan to build a canal to water the desert. Canal overflowed and flooded the valley which wiped out 1000s of farmers and millions of dollars: consider the death of j. g. tierney, a surveyor, on december 20, 1922. Fell off a boat in the river and drowned. Got an agreement among 7 states: because the proposed dam was very expensive, backers feared that it would be difficult to convince congress to appropriate the money. People blamed hoover for great depression and doing nothing for it so he had a bad rep: frank crowe was the chief engineer of the hoover dam.