The New Deal Virtual Poster by https://padlet.com/nadia_juarez9/girt5ug0w2z3 The Hoover Dam en-us 2019-09-13 05:29:20 UTC 2025-12-05 16:57:27 UTC hello@padlet.com Identify the improvement project and which New Deal Program was used to complete it. nadia_juarez9 https://padlet.com/nadia_juarez9/girt5ug0w2z3/wish/383627683 The construction of The Hoover Dam began under the  presidency of Herbert Hoover but was finished under the presidency of Franklin D. Roosevelt. The dam was not an original project of The New Deal per-se but it was finished with funds from the New Deal Project from the Public Works Administration in 1935. (Living New Deal, n.d)

The Living New Deal.(n.d) Hoover Dam - Colorado River AZ. Retrieved September 10, 2019 from https://livingnewdeal.org/projects/hoover-dam-colorado-river-az/]]> 2019-09-13 05:56:18 UTC https://padlet.com/nadia_juarez9/girt5ug0w2z3/wish/383627683 Identify the location of the improvement project. nadia_juarez9 https://padlet.com/nadia_juarez9/girt5ug0w2z3/wish/383638242 The Hoover Dam is located on the Colorado River on the border of Arizona and Nevada. ]]> 2019-09-13 06:53:23 UTC https://padlet.com/nadia_juarez9/girt5ug0w2z3/wish/383638242 Identify the goals, purposes, and outcomes of the improvement project. nadia_juarez9 https://padlet.com/nadia_juarez9/girt5ug0w2z3/wish/383638463 The goals for the Hoover Dam included providing irrigation, water supply, used as a flood control, and years after it was built it also serves as a hydroelectric power generator. Currently, the Hoover Dam supplies irrigation to more than 1 million acres in the Unites States and Mexico. The dam also provides water to various cities in Nevada, California, and Arizona. In 1939 the construction of a power plant began and this provides energy of which 56% goes to Southern California and 25% goes to Nevada (Kennedy, 2018).

Kennedy, R. (2018, March 15). Purpose of the Hoover Dam. Retrieved from https://traveltips.usatoday.com/purpose-hoover-dam-62077.html ]]> 2019-09-13 06:54:11 UTC https://padlet.com/nadia_juarez9/girt5ug0w2z3/wish/383638463 Discuss how the improvement project affected the local community or state. nadia_juarez9 https://padlet.com/nadia_juarez9/girt5ug0w2z3/wish/383638563 The Hoover dam affected the local community in many ways. One of the many ways is that before the construction of the dam there was an area now known as, Lake Mead, which was not a lake back then but it was home to Indian cultures and early settlers looking for religious freedom or riches. After the construction of the dam it created a reservoir which is currently Lake Mead. Lake Mead has since been a recreational area that allows boating and fishing and draws many visitors. (National Park Service, 2019). 

Furthermore, Lake Mead supplies water to people in Nevada, Arizona, California, and Mexico. It is capable of holding up to 28.9 million acre-feet of water. (Nix, 2015). It is unfortunate that water levels have dropped significantly. We are currently at a crisis, the demand from cities has depleted water supplies to an all time low. 

National Park Service. (February, 2019). Lake Mead History & Culture. Retrieved September 10, 2019 from https://www.nps.gov/lake/learn/historyculture/index.htm

Nix, E. (2015, September 14). 7 Things You Might Not Know About the Hoover Dam. Retrieved from https://www.history.com/news/7-things-you-might-not-know-about-the-hoover-dam ]]> 2019-09-13 06:54:33 UTC https://padlet.com/nadia_juarez9/girt5ug0w2z3/wish/383638563 Provide pictures of the improvement project. nadia_juarez9 https://padlet.com/nadia_juarez9/girt5ug0w2z3/wish/383638659 2019-09-13 06:54:56 UTC https://padlet.com/nadia_juarez9/girt5ug0w2z3/wish/383638659 Include references and citations in APA format. nadia_juarez9 https://padlet.com/nadia_juarez9/girt5ug0w2z3/wish/383638757 Citations included in each slide individually minus pictures and video which are below:

Picture citations:
A project for the ages. (n.d.). Retrieved from https://www.bechtel.com/projects/hoover-dam/ 

Video citation:
Brookings Institution. (April 21, 2015). Pat Mulroy on Lake Mead, Water Scarcity, and Climate Change [Video File] . Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O_uANbjviYs&feature=youtu.be]]> 2019-09-13 06:55:19 UTC https://padlet.com/nadia_juarez9/girt5ug0w2z3/wish/383638757 Provide pictures of the improvement project nadia_juarez9 https://padlet.com/nadia_juarez9/girt5ug0w2z3/wish/384138529 2019-09-14 16:17:10 UTC https://padlet.com/nadia_juarez9/girt5ug0w2z3/wish/384138529 Pat Mulroy on Lake Mead, Water Scarcity, and Climate Change nadia_juarez9 https://padlet.com/nadia_juarez9/girt5ug0w2z3/wish/384144879 Below is a video that further explains our water crisis. Just click on the picture and it will take you to video. I hope this brings more awareness! 

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