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✅Place Study - Detroit Flashcards

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1
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Where is Detroit located?

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In Michigan, North East US on the Canadian border

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What is heavy industry?

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Industry that involves one or more characteristics of large and heavy equipment or facilities, or complex and numerous processes

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What was the ‘Steel Belt’?

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A belt of the North East US where established waterways, roads and railroads connected coalfields and rich iron ores to produce much of America’s steel products

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Why did Detroit’s location make it key to the Steel Belt?

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The Appalachian coalfields were to the south and Michigan’s upper peninsula has rich iron ore, so resources were easily available

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What were the ‘3 giants’ in Detroit?

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Ford, General Motors and Chrysler

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What did Detroit become famous for within the steel belt?

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Cars

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How did Henry Ford change industrial processes?

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He invented the production line in 1913

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What happened after the Great Depression?

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People moved North to find work

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How many people did Ford employ when it first opened?

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50,000

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Why were Ford jobs so attractive?

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They paid well and allowed workers to afford the cars they were building

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How did Detroit’s population change between 1820 and 1920?

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It grew form 1000 to 1,000,000 and the % White stayed roughly constant

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How did Detroit’s population change between 1930 and 2010?

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It shrank from 1,800,000 to 700,000, and from predominantly White (92%) to predominantly Black (83%)

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When did the population peak?

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Around 1950

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When were the Great Migrations?

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Between 1910 and 1980

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Why did many Black residents move to Detroit from the South?

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To escape racial segregation laws and find jobs

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How much of Detroit is suburbs?

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90%

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Why is so much of Detroit made up of suburbs?

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Construction of interstate highways
High taxes and house prices in city
Racial tensions in city
White flight
Cars become more accessible for travel
Business moved out of Detroit

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What were some of the forces of change in Detroit?

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Globalisation, TNCs, International Institutions

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How did oil prices cause decline in the city?

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As the oil crisis hit (1956), prices quadrupled and people were put off buying and running cars, so the automotive industry suffered

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How did TNCs cause decline in Detroit?

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They provided competition as other manufacturers produced similar products at cheaper prices, forcing companies in Detroit to look elsewhere for cheaper labour costs

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How did the number of automotive firms in Detroit change in the years of the oil crisis?

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Fell from 3400 to 2300

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When did Detroit declare bankruptcy?

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2013

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How do wages in Detroit today compare to the US as a whole?

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They are $2.12 an hour lower for skilled workers

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How does overall educational attainment compare to other states today?

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Much lower

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25
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What tax laws were passed in 2012?

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To lower income tax rates to lowest in Midwest, tries to attract people

26
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How much of the city is currently empty?

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50%

27
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What are the top employers in Detroit today?

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Trade, transportation and utilities
Professional and business services
Manufacturing

28
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What is an enclave?

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Areas within a city where people of a certain culture come together, characteristic of migration

29
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Which cities did African-Americans move to in the migration?

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Detroit, Chicago, New York

30
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How many people had resettled in manufacturing areas by 1929?

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1.5 million

31
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When was the second wave of migration?

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The 1940s, when more people were required to work for the war effort

32
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How many people had resettled by the end of the second migration?

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5.9 million

33
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How many Black residents moved away from Detroit 2000-2010?

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185,000

34
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Why did some Black residents move away from Detroit in the 2000s?

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Mostly skilled people, moved up to more ‘middle class’

35
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How does Detroit’s White percentage population compare to the rest of Michigan?

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10% versus 77%

36
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What is Motown?

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A record label signing mostly Black artists in Detroit, changed sound of America

37
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What was Detroit known as?

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‘Motor City’

38
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Who founded Motown?

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Berry Gordy

39
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How did Gordy’s experience on production lines impact the running of the record label?

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He introduced ‘Quality Control’ to ensure only the best music was released

40
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How did Motown break down racial segregation?

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It provided music that was enjoyed by all people, broke down ‘Black music’ stereotype

41
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Why did the averaqe income in Detroit fall?

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Because white people left, who had most of the wealth, while black people generally worked low paid service jobs

42
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Where were black people allowed to live?

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The Brewster housing developments

43
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Who were the migrants who moved to Detroit in the 40s?

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Poor white southerners and black people

44
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What happened at the Packard Motor Car Company in June 1943?

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Three black people were promoted to work alongside the whites and in response, 25,000 white workers went on strike

45
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What started the 1943 race riot?

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Fights between black and white youths in the Belle Isle

46
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When was the 1967 race riot?

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23-27th June 1967

47
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Who was the riot primarily enacted by?

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Black residents

48
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What were the primary root causes of the riot?

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Police abuse, economic inequality, changing demographics and lack of affordable housing

49
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What triggered the start of the 1967 race riot?

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A police raid on an unlicensed drinking bar in a black neighbourhood

50
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How many were arrested at the bar raid?

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82

51
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What was the 1967 race riot known as?

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The 12th street riot

52
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How did the governor and president react to the rioting?

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By sending in thousands of National Guard troops and paratroopers

53
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What event occurred during the 12th street riot?

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The Algiers Motel Incident

54
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What sparked the Algiers Motel Incident?

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A Black resident shot a toy gun from the window towards the army and police, and a raid was carried out

55
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What did interrogation of the black residents involve?

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Mocking killings of the others

56
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Who were the suspects after the Motel incident?

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Black males, no white police officers

57
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How many people were employed in the automotive sector at its height?

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350,000

58
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What is Eight Mile Road?

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A road spanning more than 20 miles across Detroit with 8 lanes of traffic, separates Wayne & Washtenaw counties

59
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What does Eight Mile Road act as?

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A physical dividing line between predominantly African American and White areas

60
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What is depicted in the film 8 Mile?

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Eminem plays a fictionalised version of himself growing up in Detroit around the area and segregation of 8 mile road

61
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What was the film ‘Detroit’ based on?

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The Algiers Motel Incident

62
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Where did Detroit’s poorest residents live?

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In central, downtown Detroit

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