Annotated Bibliography Periodicals Sexton, Timothy. "Facts about Hoover Dam." USA Today: n. pag. Print.

"Facts about Hoover Dam" tells how much the Hoover Dam costs, what it is made of, its purpose, and why they chose its location. It also tells how it diverts the water and Lake Mead. In our project, we can use some of these facts to show how much the government thought its creation was necessary because of the amount of money spent on the project and the precision of their decisions. Winslow, Art. "Transforming Nature and Changing Lives." Chicago Tribune [Chicago] 29 Feb. 2004: 1-2. Print. This newspaper article shares what it was like to live by the Colorado River and what the people that lived there thought of the Hoover Dam being built. The Hoover Dam required thousands of workers to build and employed many men during the Great Depression, which was one of the key points in the article. One of the quotes that summarized Denver claimed, "Its the only city in America where everybody had a job." Books Bureau of Reclamation. Hoover Dam. N.p.: US Department of the Interior, 2006. Print. Hoover Dam begins with the West in the early years before Hoover Dam and chronologically moves up through flooding of the Colorado, which forced the federal government to construct it. After describing the careful precautions taken to avoid disaster, it goes on with the actual construction and finishes by listing the benefits. Improving wildlife, hydroelectric power, water supply, and flood control were some of the important features that made Hoover Dam a turning point. Doherty, Craig A., and Katherine M. Doherty. Hoover Dam. Woodbridge: Blackbirch, 1995. Print. This book gives a little insight on before the construction of the Hoover Dam. It talks about what was causing problems and the proposal people had made to solve the problem. This book does not give too much detail on the construction itself but more on the Colorado River. It talks about what happened after the completion of the dam.

Dunar, Andrew J., and Dennis Mcbride. Building Hoover Dam. New York: Twayne, 1993. Print. Twayne's Oral History 11. This book gives out useful information starting from what the Colorado River used to be and all the way to the completion of the Hoover Dam. The information given ranges from the pouring of the concrete to things like injured people. We can use this book to get quotes that we can use for our project to show the horrible working conditions of the workers. Sevastiades, Patra McSharry. The Hoover Dam. New York: The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc., 1997. Print. The Library of American Landmarks. The Hoover Dam summarizes the process of creating the Hoover Dam, beginning with why the government decided to build it (the flooding of the Colorado River and to irrigate the Southwest). It then explains how the dam was built with concrete after Black Canyon, the site where the dam was made, had all the loose rocks removed. Finally, it lists what the Hoover Dam provides for the US like water, electricity, and irrigation. Audiovisual "4th of July." Alpha Omega Academy Blog. Alpha Omega Academy, n.d. Web. 21 Jan. 2013. <http://www.google.com/imgres?q=facts+history&um=1&hl=en&sa=N&tbo=d&biw=13 66&bih=705&tbm=isch&tbnid=lZUJuzpj_GRbKM:&imgrefurl=http://www.aoacademy. com/blog/trends-and-tips/interesting-4th-of-july-history-facts-to-share-with-yourstudent/&docid=tP9N6L87n6vYhM&imgurl=http://media.glnsrv.com/images/blog/aoatre ndsandtips201207/July%252520History%252520Facts%252520to%252520Share%2525 20with%252520Your%252520Student.jpg&w=540&h=294&ei=irv9UNrjAuPg2gWGsI GYDA&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=170&vpy=379&dur=760&hovh=166&hovw=304&tx= 132&ty=95&sig=117664265531852634074&page=1&tbnh=139&tbnw=251&start=0&n dsp=29&ved=1t:429,r:16,s:0,i:132>. This is a picture used for the title picture of one of our website pages. Bacchus, Rosaliene. "Planet Earth." Word Press. N.p., 22 Apr. 2012. Web. 21 Jan. 2013. <http://www.google.com/imgres?start=138&um=1&hl=en&sa=N&tbo=d&biw=1366&bi h=705&tbm=isch&tbnid=EDup0cW3qzLWbM:&imgrefurl=http://rosalienebacchus.wor dpress.com/2012/04/22/earth-day-2012-mobilize-theearth/&docid=FV_t9N26mD68LM&imgurl=http://rosalienebacchus.files.wordpress.com/ 2012/04/planet-earth-fromspace.jpg&w=1500&h=843&ei=68X9ULqOKKj02QX6_YHABA&zoom=1&iact=rc&d ur=399&sig=117664265531852634074&page=6&tbnh=131&tbnw=243&ndsp=33&ved =1t:429,r:48,s:100,i:148&tx=63&ty=78>. This is a picture of Earth used for title picture of one of our web pages. It is used in the four worlds page because it is the world and it is a good way to show it.

Boulder Dam. By U.S. Department of the Interior. Archive. Internet Archive, 10 Mar. 2001. Web. 1 Nov. 2012. <http://archive.org/details/tmp_BoulderD_2>. This video from the US government explains in detail the Boulder Dam (now Hoover Dam) project and how the Southwest went from an arid desert to irrigated lands with a large population. This video is part of a movie that shows all of the process of building Boulder Dam. It gives us information on what happened before the construction like clearing paths so that workers could reach the designated area. "Building Hoover Dam - 1932." The New York Times Store. The New York Times, 2012. Web. 24 Oct. 2012. <http://www.nytstore.com/Building-Hoover-Dam--1932_p_4477.html>. Construction of the Hoover Dam took place during the 1930s, and not all equipment was 100% reliable, like the cable car in the photo. It also shows that many men needed to work at each "station." Many of them are also wearing hats, so you can infer that heat was a problem for the workers and had a large part in contributing to the many deaths. Department of Water Resources. "Agricultural Water Use." Department of Water Resources. State of California, 2013. Web. 13 Jan. 2013. <http://www.water.ca.gov/wateruseefficiency/agricultural/>. Prior to the construction of the Hoover Dam, the Southwest consisted almost entirely of desert. However, more and more farmers traveled to the area after hearing about fertile soil and great land for growing crops, all made possible by water from the Hoover Dam. In the picture, both points are proved because it shows a farm in present day California with numerous rows of crops. Gershwin, George. Victor. 1927. CD. Rhapsody in Blue was chosen because it was made around the same time as when the Hoover Dam was built. This song also is more of jumpy song having bursts off energy making it seem more like you are at the construction of the Hoover Dam. "The Great Non-Depression." Opinion Maker. O.M. Center, n.d. Web. 13 Dec. 2012. <http://www.opinion-maker.org/2010/07/the-us-a-long-economic-winter-ahead/>. This picture is about the Great Depression, which was took place during the construction of the Hoover Dam. If the Hoover Dam was not built, the Depression could have lasted much longer, which would put our country in an even worse economic crisis.

Hoover Dam. Dir. and prod. Stephen Stept. Screenplay by Stephen Stept. Narr. Peter Coyote. PBS, 1999. WGBH American Experience . Hoover Dam PBS. Web. 14 Oct. 2012. <http://video.pbs.org/video/1309911294/>. This short film provides almost everything you need to know about the Hoover Dam: why it was built, what is inside, life at the time of Hoover Dam, its benefits, and how it changed America. Although most of it is a secondary source, some of the people interviewed in the film provide primary sources, as they lived during the creation of the Hoover Dam. Hoover Dam also explained the struggles that the workers went through and the conditions they had. Heat, disease, and unreliable equipment were some of the factors in the many deaths that occurred. "Hoover Dam Photo." Conversapedia. N.p., n.d. Web. 27 Nov. 2012. <http://conservapedia.com/images/5/57/>. This picture came from the Hoover Dam. It is the Hoover Dam's national symbol. It shows the Hoover Dam and the setting around it. The picture of this is a primary source taken at the dam itself. "Mississippi Floodwaters in Iowa." Boston. New York Times Company, n.d. Web. 25 Jan. 2013. <http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2008/06/mississippi_floodwaters_in_iow.html>. This is a photo of flooding in Iowa that we are using in a slideshow on our website because this could be an example of what would happen if the Hoover Dam never existed, although not in that specific state. We used this picture to show the consequences of what would happen without the Hoover Dam used to stop the Colorado River. O'Rear, Charles. "Hoover Dam Power Lines." Fossweb. The Regents of the University of California, n.d. Web. 13 Jan. 2013. <http://www.fossweb.com/resources/pictures/164142061.html>. This picture is used on our web site for one of our titles. It shows power lines transporting electricity from the Hoover Dam to LA. Pernick, Andrew. Releasing Water. 11 June 1998. Photograph. Bureau of Reclamation. Boulder Canyon. C45-300-21094. In order to demonstrate Hoover Dam's water control, we integrated this picture in to our website. In the picture, extra water is being sent back into the river. Every once in a while, some of the water has to be released because there is too much.

"Plog." Plog. N.p., 11 Oct. 2011. Web. 10 Dec. 2012. <http://blogs.denverpost.com/captured/2011/10/11/construction-of-hoover-dam/5024/>. The website helps show different pictures of the Hoover Dam from the beginning when it was just a canyon to today with the newly installed bridge. It gives a brief description of each picture, which will help us analyze it. This website also shows of how Hoover Dam developed Boulder City. Sakowski. "Hoover Dam Bridge Bottle." Highest Bridges. N.p., 26 Oct. 2011. Web. 13 Jan. 2013. <http://highestbridges.com/wiki/index.php?title=Mike_O'CallaghanPat_Tilman_Memorial_Bridge/Page_2>. This picture of a water bottle with Colorado water in it shows that the water helps passed down the river to be filtered and drinkable. Sign of Las Vegas. King of Clubs Las Vegas. N.p., n.d. Web. 26 Jan. 2013. <http://www.koclv.com/>. This picture shows the Las Vegas sign. We used it to show what benefits the Hoover Dam gives such as the benefits to Las Vegas. Web sites, e-sources "Agriculture." CRWUA. Ed. Ten Tribes Partnership. Colorado Water Users Association, 2007. Web. 13 Jan. 2013. <http://www.crwua.org/ColoradoRiver/RiverUses/Agriculture.aspx>. This website contributed to helping us learned about Hoover Dam's water helping agriculture of the land by the Colorado River. It tells of how its water changed the farms and of how much it gives to each state. Burbank, Jeff. "Hoover Dam's Impact on Las Vegas." O.N.E. Nevada Humanities, 6 Sept. 2010. Web. 1 Nov. 2012. <http://www.onlinenevada.org/hoover_dam_s_impact_on_las_vegas>. Most of the background before the Hoover Dam and the causes of its construction are in this website. Because unemployment was a huge problem at the time, Hoover Dam helped bring manufacturers and other workers from Las Vegas. Hoover Dam also provided cheap power, which actually caused casinos to form. This brought people looking to find fortune in gambling. When people came, they needed somewhere to stay so many hotels were created, increasing the population of Las Vegas tremendously and improving the economy in Nevada.

Bureau of Reclamation. "Photograph Gallery - Historic Views." Bureau of Reclamation. U.S. Department of the Interior, n.d. Web. 27 Oct. 2012. <http://www.usbr.gov/lc/hooverdam/gallery/historicviews.html>. This website shows pictures of Black Canyon before, during, and after the construction of Hoover Dam as well as workers on the job. It gives a brief description below the photo, which helps you infer why each one is important. Many of the newly employed men in the photos were willing to work no matter what conditions they were in and had to face constant hardship like heat, extreme amounts of dust, and lack of food. "Construction History of Hoover Dam." Arizona Leisure Vacation Guide. N.p., n.d. Web. 30 Oct. 2012. <http://www.arizona-leisure.com/hoover-dam-building.html>. This website gives a great detailed description of the appearance of the Hoover Dam. It also explains how the events that were taking place during its construction affected the design and workers. This website was very useful, comprehensible, and had many great pictures that were taken in the past, which shows that it is partly a primary source. Haven, Janet. "Modernity and the Hoover Dam." The Hoover Dam: Lonely Lands Made Fruitful. Ed. Richard Guy Wilson. U of Virginia American Studies Program, n.d. Web. 1 Nov. 2012. <http://xroads.virginia.edu/~1930s/DISPLAY/hoover/front2.html#here>. Inside "Hoover Dam: Lonely Lands Made Fruitful," the author describes the design of Hoover Dam and how it works with pictures to help you visualize what she is talking about. In addition to the design, there is also a list to help you understand what the Hoover Dam does. It also explained how the government and Franklin D. Roosevelt contributed to building the dam because they were the only people that could approve the dam. History. "The Great Depression." History. A&E Television Network, LLC., 1996. Web. 21 Jan. 2013. <http://www.history.com/topics/great-depression>. This site clarifies how the Great Depression started. It started in America and spread through the whole world. It started because the New York stock market had crashed, and from then the consumer spending has dropped, leaving many unsold goods slowing the production. "The Hoover Dam." Deserts of USA. DesertUSA and Digital West Media Inc., n.d. Web. 2 Oct. 2012. <http://www.desertusa.com/colorado/lm_nra/hoover/du_hoover.html>. This web site tells about the history of the dam and shows how much power it produces. It lists its benefits, including the irrigation & storage it provides. The hydrologic power that has helped run Las Vegas and surrounding cities has also improved the economy. The vital statistics that are mentioned are also important because without them, Hoover Dam would not be running.

"Hoover Dam." Hoover Dam. A&E Television Networks, LLC, n.d. Web. 25 Oct. 2012. <http://www.history.com/topics/hoover-dam>. This site showed useful information almost all about the Hoover Dam, from dimensions, to benefits, to causes and effects. They made it much easier for me to understand how Hoover Dam affects the US. Hoover Dam---Bureau of Reclamation Historic Dams and Water Projects--Managing Water in the West. National Park Service, n.d. Web. 19 Oct. 2012. <http://www.nps.gov/nr/travel/ReclamationDamsAndWaterProjects/Hoover_Dam.html>. This website justifies how the Hoover Dam begun. It says how long it took to build the Dam, when the government decided to build it, how hard it was to build it, and how many people it took to build it. Another main point it talks about it is why the Hoover Dam was built. It would control floods, and harness the Colorado for irrigation and hydroelectric power. Lastly, it tells how the Hoover Dam is doing today, and how much of an impact it has made. "Hoover Dam - Construction." Hoover Dam - Construction. Las Vegas Sun, n.d. Web. 22 Oct. 2012. <http://www.lasvegassun.com/photos/galleries/1905/may/15/hoover-dam--construction/1133/>. This website gives you many pictures of the construction sites and the description about it. Even though building the dam was dangerous and life risking, the US government, architects, and engineers were determined to save America. "Hoover Dam Quotes." American Environmental and Cultural History. N.p., n.d. Web. 22 Jan. 2013. <http://nature.berkeley.edu/departments/espm/envhist/espm160/assignments/hoover/hoover_qts.htm>. A page giving quotes from various people about the Hoover Dam. It tells of how the opening was such a big thing that the president himself came and prepared a speech for the people. Hoover Dam Tour Company. "Why the Hoover Dam was Built?" Why Was Hoover Dam Built? Hoover Dam Tour Company, 1999. Web. 2 Oct. 2012. <http://www.hooverdamtourcompany.com/hooverdam.html>. The Hoover Dam Tour Company summarizes why the Hoover Dam was built in the web page. It explains that flooding of the Colorado River caused the government to decide to build it and includes a few of its purposes like irrigation and water supply for Southwest America. In our project, we will be using parts of the website to introduce the Hoover Dam.

"How Dams Work." The Dam Site. N.p., n.d. Web. 1 Nov. 2012. <http://members.optusnet.com.au/~engineeringgeologist/page5.html>. This website explains the most general information about how the dam works. I decided to research about this to find out how the dam actually works because you would not want to go research about something you do not even know of. "How It Was Built." Save Lake Mead. Eater Media Design, n.d. Web. 1 Nov. 2012. <http://www.savelakemead.com/How3PouringConcrete.htm>. There were several problems when creating the Hoover Dam and this website tells about them all. This website tells how the Hoover Dam was built, and what kinds of problems the workers ran into during construction. It also tells how dangerous building the Hoover Dam was, because of the heat of the concrete. Lastly, this website contains a picture that shows several workers working very hard building the Hoover Dam. Miners, Zach. "Hoover Dam's Big Government Lessons." US News. U.S.News & World Report LP, 2012. Web. 1 Nov. 2012. <http://www.usnews.com/opinion/articles/2010/06/17/hoover-dams-big-governmentlessons?page=2>. Using a question and answer format, Zach Miners explains what the Southwest would look like without the Hoover Dam and predicts what the US would be like without it. It also describes how the government's role in infrastructure changed because of the Hoover Dam. In order to build the Hoover Dam, the government provided the investment, but construction companies came up with most of the technology. People believed that the government should have contributed to more of the building, which is an attitude that many have today. Moore, David, PE. "The Hoover Dam by David Moore." The Hoover Dam: A World Renowned Concrete Monument. David Moore, PE, 1999. Web. 16 Oct. 2012. <http://www.romanconcrete.com/docs/hooverdam/hooverdam.htm>. David Moore's paper explains how the Hoover Dam tames the Colorado by having the river flow into a reservoir. It also describes the 750-foot high design and the huge amount of energy it produced, including hydroelectricity, water production, and irrigation systems. Most importantly, it explains how the Hoover Dam contributed to the US winning WWII because of the energy needed to run the war industries in southern California.

"Our Vintage Photograph Collection - Workers." Bcmha. Boulder City Museum Historical Association, 2005. Web. 1 Nov. 2012. <http://www.bcmha.org/photos/workers.html>. There are several pictures of workers during construction. There are pictures of each group of workers, and pictures of groups actually doing their jobs. This website also talks about the people that worked on the Hoover Dam and what their life was like. It tells how the Hoover Dam was a great job opportunity during the Great Depression as well as the tough conditions the workers had to go through. Pirie, Allison. "The Hoover Dam." Watersheds.TV. Green Treks Network, n.d. Web. 2 Oct. 2012. <http://www.watersheds.tv/old_cattails/hooverdam.asp>. This website gives many important facts about the Hoover Dam and how long it took to build it. It tells us how the Hoover Dam was built, and what it looks like on the inside and outside. It also talks about all of the features of the Hoover Dam. It tells us that the Hoover Dam's purpose was not power, but water control. The website also talks about features around the Hoover Dam, such as Lake Mead. Sullivan, Denise. "The History of the Hoover Dam." The History of the Hoover Dam. Demand Media, Inc., 1999. Web. 1 Nov. 2012. <http://www.ehow.com/about_5365566_historyhoover-dam.html>. This website gives insight on a little bit of everything, from the start, finish, and the political drama included with the dam. This website gives the information on the concrete and the other supplies used. It also told us the techniques the people there had to use to make the dam successful. SunsetCities. "Hoover Dam." Sunset Cities.com. SunsetCities, n.d. Web. 1 Nov. 2012. <http://www.sunsetcities.com/hoover-dam.html>. This website talks about several different features of the Hoover Dam as well as the construction and its geographic features. First, it talks about the location of the Hoover Dam and lists several facts about the dam. It then talks about why the Dam was built, and how they built it. Lastly, this website shows pictures of all of the features of the Hoover Dam.

Interviews Dwyer, Coleen. Personal interview. 20 Nov. 2012. Although Ms. Dwyer and her team did not live during the time of Hoover Dam's creation, they are primary sources because they currently work at Hoover Dam. They gave us multiple statistics on the salaries of workers, money spent, water and electricity production, and population growth over the 5 year construction. The multiple benefits of the powerplant and economic impact proves that Hoover Dam is a positive turning point that transformed the Southwest. The role the government played and its determination to build it showed how important they believed it would be even before construction. "Tour of the Hoover Dam." Hoover Dam. Hoover Dam, Nevada. 20 Nov. 2012. Lecture. The tour of the Hoover Dam led our group through the Hoover Dam itself and while going through the dam the tour guide there gave us many statistics about the dam like the height, length, amount of concrete, and much more. He showed us how the Hoover Dam generates power and how the Hoover Dam stops flooding down the river.