Detroit - Impact of TNCs

Question 1

What US state is Detroit in?

Answer 1

michigan

Question 2

The population suffered a massive fall of what between 1950-2015?

Answer 2

1,170,000 million

Question 3

In what year did Detroit suffer the largest municipal bankruptcy case?

Answer 3

2013

Question 4

What was the population in 1950?

Answer 4

1,850,000

Question 5

Detroit’s statistical area has a population of…

Answer 5

5,300,700

Question 6

What major car company was the TNC in Detroit?

Answer 6

Ford

Question 7

What was the name of Ford’s iconic plant? And when did it open?

Answer 7

River Rogue Plant in 1927

Question 8

How many workers were at the Rogue Plant?

Answer 8

90,000

Question 9

What was the main 3 ethnic minorities who worked at the factory?

Answer 9

Italians, Hungarians and Poles

Question 10

What was a revolutionary feature of the factory that was appealing to outside workers?

Answer 10

the assembly line technique, requires very little training

Question 11

Ford hired many African-Americans, who were leaving the South for what reasons?

Answer 11

Post War (WW1)
Agricultural slump
Jim Crow practises (racial segregation)

Question 12

Many Mexicans were also hired, why?

Answer 12

immigration from most of the western hemisphere wasn’t restricted

Question 13

How did WW2 contribute to the economy of Detroit?

Answer 13

boom in manufacturing

Question 14

By 1930 Detroit’s population was…

Answer 14

1.6 million and then nearly 2 million by 1950