1.In 1820‚ the first steamboat sailed on the Great Lakes‚ as well as on the Detroit River. What was this vessel called? A) DeWitt Clinton B) Griffon C) Walk-in-the-Water D) Maid of the Mist 2.Begun in 1817 and completed in 1825‚ this 350-mile-long transportation route was the engineering marvel of its day. It enabled Michigan farmers to ship their products to Eastern cities and brought thousands of new settlers into the Michigan Territory. What was it called? A) The National Road B) Erie Canal C)
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Detroit and some of its surrounding areas as Windsor and Ontario‚ represent a huge factor in the economy of the United States by being one of the major cities where trade takes place. General Motors‚ Ford and Chrysler also known as Americas ‘Big Three’ automobile companies are located in this city. The concept of External Scale Economies can help us explain why these three major companies are located in this area. Scales economies are important for a country because they represent a growth in its
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INTRODUCTION: The Geography of Nowhere is most likely Kunstler’s finest work. Simple to peruse‚ clever‚ and energetic about the advancement of American urban areas and towns‚ the book associates with peruses on human terms. The exclusive practices of building‚ financial aspects‚ and arranging are stripped of their specialized veneer and talked about regarding how common individuals encounter them: how we get around‚ what we do‚ what our groups resemble. I simply rehash The Geography of
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Community service is very important because it helps build character‚ which is something that the Dalton School and the Detroit News would agree with me on. Having community service as a requirement to graduate is a good idea as long as the student can choose what type of community service they want to do; because it forces students to go out in their community and help others. Community Service doesn’t have to have a negative effect on people‚ it can and usually has a good effect. Willie Grothman
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Memorandum To: Sam Sullivan Subject: Detroit Plant Wriston Manufacturing’s Heavy Equipment Division (HED) Detroit plant has been performing below its plant peers and its operations can no longer be sustained long term. Profitability of each HED plant is measured on a standalone basis‚ which has distorted the Detroit plant’s profitability metrics. Detroit is a job shop‚ tasked with production of low volume products and prototyping. Once a product becomes profitable it is moved to another‚
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and can reach the 90’s in the summer but has gone higher and lower than what I have listed. Also‚ the main language like most northern states is English. The relative location of Northville is about a 45 minute drive or about 40 miles north of Detroit. The region is grassy and hilly with lots of swamp land and we have many small lakes and rivers. The weather could be anything from hail to sunshine and everything in between. Sometimes we have mini droughts but nothing to serious and usually a
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ATS1259 The 1967 Referendum The 1967 referendum was the repeal of section 127 and section 51 in the Commonwealth Constitution. With the repeal of these two sections the “Federal Government were allowed to make laws for Aborigines and Aborigines were now counted in the national census”(About the 1967 Referendum). The 1967 referendum can be commonly considered the turning point in Australian history and culture for finally addressing discrimination towards the Indigenous people and taking responsibility
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The Business Case for Diversity James J. Padilla Group Vice President‚ Ford North America Ford Motor Company I’ve been invited to discuss the business case for diversity—why diversity is as critical to your business strategy as the products you make or the services you provide—and to discuss the benefits for companies that not only seek but celebrate diversity in their offices and plants‚ as well as in the ideas that shape their companies and their products. It’s an easy case for me to
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of car dealerships opens today. Retrieved November 18‚ 2011.http://ocunwired.ocregister.com/2011/11/18/apple-store-of-car-dealerships-opens- today/12163/ Henry‚ J. (2009). Detroit Auto Show: Marketing to Gen Y is No Easy Task. Retrieved November 17‚ 2011.http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-505123_162-42940341/detroit-auto-show- marketing-to-gen-y-is-no-easy-task/?tag=bnetdomain Hoffman‚ W. (2011).Corporations‚ Partnerships‚ Estates‚ and Trusts. Mason‚ OH: Southwestern Federal Taxation Michigan
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B) San Francisco Earthquake of 1906 (California) C) Great Chicago Fire of 1871 (Illinois) D) Galveston Hurricane of 1900 (Texas) 3.Please match each term below with the correct definition. The man Ransom E. Olds hired to drive an Oldsmobile from Detroit to the New York Auto Show to prove the car’s durability. G. Roy D. Chapin Early automobile manufacturer who in 1901 lost a race to an unknown mechanic and car designer named Henry Ford. E. Alexander Winton Daredevil bicycle racer who had never driven
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