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100
How high (in feet) is the lift at Fountain Tire? a. 5 feet high b. 8 feet high c. 10 feet high d. 12 feet high
What is 10 feet high?
100
What law provided the authority for formation of the Colorado River Interstate Compact?
What is Article 1 of the US Constitution
100
How much did it cost to complete the Boulder Canyon Project that includes the Imperial Dam, Hoover Dam and the American Canal? a. $200,000,000 b. $125,000,000 c. $75,000,000 d. $165,000,000
What is $165,000,000?
100
Hoover Dam was once known as?
What is Bolder Dam?
100
Which president received the most political mileage from his association with Hoover Dam?
Who is Franklin Roosevelt?
200
Approx. how many persons worked on the construction of Hoover Dam at any one time? a. 12,000 b. 3,500 c. 7,500 d. 5,000
What is 5,000?
200
IWW (International Workers of the World) or "Wobblies"
What labor organization attempted to organize construction workers at Hoover Dam.
200
What are the five major American Cities most dependent on the resources provided by the Hoover Dam?
What is Los Angeles, San Diego, Salt Lake City, Denver, and Phoenix?
200
How large is Lake Mead, the reservoir created by Hoover Dam, in area or shoreline miles? (Approx.) a. 700 miles of shoreline and 396 miles of area b. 550 miles of shoreline and 247 miles of area c. 200 miles of shoreline and 123 miles of area d. 345 miles of shoreline and 200 miles of area
What is Lake Mead extends for 550 miles of shoreline and 247 miles of area?
200
Representatives of seven states met with the Secretary of Commerce to discuss the dam proposal and the idea of an Interstate Compact. Nothing much came of these talks. Who was the Secretary of Commerce they met with?
What is Herbert Hoover?
300
What is the architectural style of Hoover Dam?
What is Art Deco?
300
What US SUpreme Court decision raised concernamong COlorado River Basin state representatives and spurred formation of the COlorado River Interstate Compact?
What is Wyoming v. Colorado where court allowed Colorado to divert limited amount of water from Colorado River, thereby eroding the "prior appropriation" doctrine.
300
How much did it cost to build the Hoover Dam? a. $49,000,000 b. $100,000,000 c. $25,000,000 d. $600,000,000
What is $49,000,000?
300
What labor organization tried to unionize the construction workers at Hoover Dam?
What is IWW (Industrial Workers of the World) or “Wobblies”?
300
The hoover dam was named after former president Herbert Hoover. What number president was Herbert Hoover?
What is the 31st president
400
In engineering and construction terms, what TYPE of dam is Hoover Dam?
What is an Arch-Gravity Dam?
400
What was at issue in the major lawsuit brought against SIUX COMPANIES, INC during construction of Hoover Dam?
What is the use of gas-powered vehicles underground with the accompanying emission of carbon monoxide
400
If the Hoover Dam has 17 generators how many megawatts of electricity can it produce? a. 500 b. 2,000 c. 10,000 d. 12,000
What is 2,000 megawatts?
400
What was the primary motivation for security efforts during the 1940s to protect the Hoover Dam from potential physical sabatage?
What is to preserve the source of electrical power the dam was providing to southern California, where many of the country’s biggest defense plants were making planes and tanks and other armaments would be built round-the-clock America's during World War II?
400
What seven states fall within the Colorado River Basin?
What is California, Nevada, Arizona, Utah, New Mexico, Colorado and Wyoming?
500
In construction of Hoover Dam, what was the work of the so-called “High Scalers” ?
What is High Scalers were men suspended from the top of canyon with ropes who removed the lose and eroded rock from the side-walls of the canyon to reach virgin rock that would prevent water seepage?
500
What law provided the legal authority for the formation of the Colorado River Interstate Compact?
What is Article 1 of the US Constitution?
500
Why did the Edison Electric company at the time allow its land options, including the land that is the site of Hoover Dam to lapse rather than invest in hydroelectric power?
What is at the time, the limit on the transmission of electric power was 80 miles, and it did not have enough customers to serve within that limit to justify the investment.
500
The $5 million performance bond required by the federal government to build Hoover Dam was too much for any one company the bear. So Six Companies, Inc was formed. Name at least three of the companies that were among the six.
What is Bechtel, Morris-Knudson, Utah Construction, JF Shay, Pacific Bridge Company (Portland, OR) McDonald & Kahn, LTd.?
500
What year and which president signed the legislation that gave the authority and money to build the Hoover Dam?
What is in 1928 President Coolidge signed the bill authorizing the dam?
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