The Hoover Company

The human brain is a fascinating yet complex notion to grasp for the majority of people. Only a handful of individuals have truly discovered the many intricate components of the mind; however, even they still have a long way to go before they can absorb the infinite miracles of the brain. It is for this reason that people fail to maximize their full potential while trying to learn new material, recall old information, or apply newly learned knowledge. In the University Lecture Series 2015, Dr. Robert Duke and Dr. Art Markman, cohosts for the radio show Two Guys On Your Head, inspect the fundamental ideologies behind learning and reflect upon the components of motivation that impact how people learn. One significant point that was addressed was the importance of nurturing openness; in other words, try new things that you would not normally think of trying. This is noteworthy because in the long run, that experience could put you in an innovative position. They gave the specific example of James Dyson, founder of the bagless vacuum cleaner. One day when Dyson was thinking about the vacuum, he was reminded of a sawmill, which uses an industrial cyclone so that they don’t have to keep emptying the bags. Putting these two distinct ideas together, Dyson was able to invent the bagless vacuum, which became extremely popular and is one of the reasons, Dyson has a net worth of over a billion dollars. All of these was possible because Dyson paid attention to how the sawmill worked,…

The Hoover Dam one of the modern wonders of the world, is one of the world’s largest concrete structures and the thirty-eighth greatest producer of hydroelectric power. Located in Black Canyon between Nevada and Arizona, the dam is a National Historic Landmark and a National Historic Civil Engineering Landmark. Built in the 1930s, it was designed to tame the Colorado River and irrigate the land surrounding the area which covers more than one million acres of land in the United States and nearly…

Introduction Herbert Hoover is often seen as a faulty president, but is there truth behind this statement? One can find that out by looking into his early life, professional life, the presidency, and legacy. Early Life Herbert Clark Hoover was born on August 10, 1874, in West Branch, Iowa. His father was Jesse Clark Hoover, the towns blacksmith, and his mother's name was Hulda Hoover, the town's teacher. His mother was very intelligent. Everyone wanted her to speak during the town…

The Hoover Dam was created almost 80 years ago during the Great Depression. It symbolizes what man can do when there is a severe need. It is located on the Arizona and Nevada border, within the Black Canyon on the Colorado River near Las Vegas, (Gale Group). It controls the Colorado River and runs through seven Western states. When it was first built it was considered the biggest dam in the United States. Today, it is the second biggest in the United States and the third in the world, (Hoover…

The Great Depression is one of America's Worst moments in history it caused Poverty, Homelessness, unemployment ETC. The great depression started in 1929 while President Herbert Hoover was in a term. Through the next few years, the economic crisis worsened and only kept taking turns for the worse. President Hoover did not help at all in the rough months until the near end of his term he practically threw 2 billion dollars to the banks to try to re-stabilize the banks and economy but the problem…

the 18th largest dam in the entire world. Back then, the Hoover Dam was the largest structure of its time, standing seven-hundred and twenty-six feet tall with, “Enough concrete to build a road from New York to San Francisco,” (National Park Service 1). Due to its unprecedented size and the minute section of time spent to build it, this structure claimed numerous lives; despite that, this project offered 21,000 people the chance to avoid unemployment during the Great Depression. The Hoover Dam…

investors tried to sell their stocks, unable to sell with the increasing numbers of shares. Companies were not selling as many goods, company profits fell and people became less willing to buy. Herbert Hoover and Franklin D. Roosevelt saw the Great Depression from two different perspectives. Although millions…

Engineering Feat: Hoover Dam One of the largest dams in the world, the hoover dam provides hydroelectric power thanks to the Colorado River and forms Lake Mead. This dam was completed in 1935 and has the world’s largest reservoir of water. This dam is an engineering feat due to its ability to control the Colorado River’s flooding problem, contain such high quantities of water, and provides water and electricity to Los Angeles and Southern California. This project also resulted in a new kind of…

Life in the United States in the 1920’s was a time where the wealth gap expanded extensively and companies increased in value without physically growing in production. The 1930’s began with a natural recession in the economic cycle, however, due an unfortunate series of events, this recession slid further into a depression. Multiple European banks failed, leaving the U.S. out of hundreds of millions of dollars, new technology and international competition led to overproduction in multiple…

What has been the local, regional, and national long-term significance of the Hoover Dam? There are many reasons why the Hoover Dam is significant on a local, regional, and national level. The Hoover Dam in 1935 had halted the mighty and raging Colorado River from its set path of millions of years. The Hoover Dam has provided the community, the states, and the nation with power, water, and people. Additionally the Hoover Dam supplied the community with engineering, agricultural, and economical…