Cities
Known for making office furniture
Grand Rapids
This is a product we ship to other countries to sell
export
Billy Durant
Buggies
Carriages
Wagons
This ship sank in a storm in November
Edmund Fitzgerald
What exactly does the St. Lawrence Seaway consist of?
St. Lawrence River
Welland Canal
locks
Put the world on wheels
Flint
This is a product from another country which is sold here
import
Dr. William Upjohn
Better pills that were not "hard as bullets"
DAILY DOUBLE
Which Michigan industries do you think are helped the most by Great Lakes shipping? Why?
The USS Badger is a ferry which connects _________ to Wisconsin over Lake Michigan.
Ludington
Known for cleaning carpets without so much trouble
Grand Rapids
This natural resource is carried and used by power plants along the Great Lakes
coal
Melville Bissell
Carpet sweeper
In order to go around the Niagara Falls, ships must follow this
St. Lawrence Seaway and the Welland Canal
In November 1913, this ship survived the horrific storm while 12 others sank and 251 sailors died.
Sheadle
Known for the pills which could dissolve after ingestion
Kalamazoo
In order to reach the Great Lakes, ships from Europe and other countries use this waterway
St. Lawrence Seaway and the Welland Canal
Herbert Dow
Saran wrap
(Hundreds of products using chemicals found in brine)
How long are most cargo ships on the Great Lakes? How much weight do most cargo ships carry?
1000 feet long
50,000 tons
Which ship did the Edmund Fitzgerald ask to keep an eye on her?
Arthur M. Anderson
Between which years did Michigan's people begin to leave their farms to find work in the cities at the factories?
1860-1890
Today, most ships carry ________ rather than __________.
cargo
people
Name three inventions from our chapter that could be purchased in 1905.
Bissell carpet sweeper
Upjohn medicines
Durant buggiesName three natural resources ships carry in their cargo
Iron ore
limestone
coal
cement
What was the name of the first steamship to reach Michigan in 1818?
Walk-in-the-Water