Economy of Chattanooga, Tennessee
The Chattanooga metropolitan area has economic specializations in two industries: manufacturing, and transportation and warehousing. The manufacturing industry accounts for 12.7% of employment in the Chattanooga metropolitan area, this share is 3.4% above the U.S. national average of 9.3%. Transportation and Warehousing comprise 10.1% of employment in the Chattanooga metropolitan area, a share much higher than the 3.5% U.S. national average (refer to Appendix A for complete comparison) (U.S. Census Bureau, 2015). This paper will examine why these two industries have become economic specializations. Major employers in the area will be discussed to better understand the factors that contributed to the growth of these industries. The location, history, infrastructure, and workforce of the Chattanooga metropolitan area are other considerations that will help uncover why manufacturing and transportation and warehousing have become economic specializations.
Manufacturing
There are major employers in the Chattanooga metropolitan area that manufacture a variety of products (refer to Appendix B for the complete list). Most of these employers manufacture products that focus on three areas: food and beverages,
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Manufacturing is present throughout Chattanooga’s history. Beginning with the Roane Iron Company in the 1860’s, the iron industry flourished and by 1871 when it was worth approximately 1 million dollars. In 1899, Ben F. Thomas and Joseph Brown Whitehead introduced a new manufacturing industry to Chattanooga. After receiving rights to bottle Coca-Cola, they established a bottling plant that continues to operate today. In the 20th century, the manufacturing industry was Chattanooga’s largest employer; this was aided by new textile mills that provided many jobs (Eichenthal & Windeknecht,
The applicant Mr. Arthur Hutchinson was born in 1941. In October 1983, he broke into a house, murdered a man, his wife and their adult son. Then he repeatedly raped their 18-year old daughter, having first dragged her past her father’s body. After several weeks, he was arrested by the police and chargedwith the offences. During the trial he refused to accept the offence and pleaded for innocence. He denied accepting the killings and sex with the younger daughter.
The case of Tennessee vs Reeves talks about two youngsters named Tracie Reeves and Molly Coffman who were students at the West Carrol Middle School who were planning to kill their teacher, Janice Geiger (Hall 2014; Schmalleger, 2014). They had planned to poison the teacher with rat poison by putting it in the teacher’s drink (Hall 2014; Schmalleger, 2014). There were other students who had found out, and the plot had been reported to the teacher and principal of the school (Hall 2014; Schmalleger, 2014). The students were convicted of attempt to commit secondary degree murder based on the fact that the poison was brought to the school and if it wasn’t because the plot to killed Miss. Geiger was interrupted the crime would have taken place.
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In Tim Seibles' poem, The Case, he reviews the problematic situations of how white people are naturally born with an unfair privilege. Throughout the poem, he goes into detail about how colored people become uncomfortable when they realize that their skin color is different. Not only does it affect them in an everyday aspect, but also in emotional ways as well. He starts off with stating how white people are beautiful and continues on with how people enjoy their presence. Then he transitions into how people of color actually feel when they encounter a white person. After, he ends with the accusation of the white people in today's world that are still racist and hateful towards people of color.
At the point when the Great Smoky Mountains National Park was opened in 1934, the Tennessee Valley Authority reported that there were no tourism-situated organizations in Pigeon Forge. By the 1950s, upgrades to US-441 prompted the station of a couple of campgrounds and cabins, however little that might produce real income. Throughout this period, then again, two variables in adjacent Gatlinburg might prompt the business blast Pigeon Forge might encounter in the last 50% of the twentieth century. Initially, Gatlinburg, itself encompassed by high mountain edges, had constrained area assets. Second, the area assets it did have were to a great extent controlled by a couple of neighborhood families who defeated endeavors by outside organizations to exploit the town's prime area. Subsequently, outside business visionaries were compelled to look somewhere else. Pigeon Forge, being only north of Gatlinburg along US-441, was the evident target.
Throughout the late nineteenth and the early twentieth century, the United States economy changed dramatically as the country transformed from a rural agricultural nation to an urban industrial gian, becoming the leading manufacturing country in the world. The vast expansion of the railroads in the late 1800s’ changed the early American economy by tying the country together into one national market. The railroads provided tremendous economic growth because it provided a massive market for transporting goods such as steel, lumber, and oil. Although the first railroads were extremely successful, the attempt to finance new railroads originally failed. Perhaps the greatest physical feat late 19th century America was the creation of the transcontinental railroad. The Central Pacific Company, starting in San Francisco, and the new competitor, Union Pacific, starting in Omaha. The two companies slaved away crossing mountains, digging tunnels, and laying track the entire way. Both railroads met at Promontory, Utah on May 10, 1869, and drove one last golden spike into the completed railway. Of course the expansion of railroads wasn’t the only change being made. Another change in the economy was immigration.
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During the late 1700’s, the United States was no longer a possession of Britain, instead it was a market for industrial goods and the world’s major source for tobacco, cotton, and other agricultural products. A labor revolution started to occur in the United States throughout the early 1800’s. There was a shift from an agricultural economy to an industrial market system. After the War of 1812, the domestic marketplace changed due to the strong pressure of social and economic forces. Major innovations in transportation allowed the movement of information, people, and merchandise. Textile mills and factories became an important base for jobs, especially for women. There was also widespread economic growth during this time period (Roark, 260). The market revolution brought about economic growth through new modes of transportation, an abundance of natural resources, factory production, and banking and legal practices.
· In the past, Hamilton was known for its heavy manufacturing facilities. But the city does have other industries that make it a desirable place to be and many of the residents are proud of Hamilton’s rich history and its culture. Through the research of Hamilton’s history, economic growth and development, the city has evolved significantly.
There is no refuting that the railroad companies transformed business operations and encouraged industrial expansion. The raw materials required for construction of the transcontinental railroad directly resulted in the expansion of the steel, lumber and stone industries. (Gillon p.652) The railroad stimulated growth in manufacturing and agriculture providing an efficient manner to ship raw materials and products throughout the country. Which in turn, increased consumerism and introduced t...
in New York but in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. The cost of this project was two billion dollars, which is equivalent to 26 billion dollars in today’s world and the factories employed 200,000 people, that was more then the amount of people employed in the United States auto mobile industry.
No technology has had a greater impact on the American life than the automobile. Where we live, how we work, and how we travel, what our landscape looks like, our environment have all been shaped by the automobile. There isn’t a better place that demonstrates the social, geographic, and political changes brought by the industry than Detroit, the motor city. Detroit was situated to be a center of the American automobile industry. All of the material that was needed to build was easily accessible to the city by the great lakes waterways and by rail. The automobile industry helped people with their everyday lives and changed the way people saw the world.
Detroit was once the mecca for workers pursuing the American dream. In the early 1900’s an innovative inventor named Henry Ford brought mass production of the automobile to this area, turning Detroit into a beacon of opportunity and economic success for many. This Automotive Industry has been at the base of Detroit’s economy for decades; however, it’s not like it once was. During the 20th century the auto industry had many high and lows. Many factors lead to the recent downturn of this industry that led to mass layoffs and displaced workers, which had a negative impact on Detroit, as well as the United States economy.
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The development of the American Auto Industry took place over many, many years, starting with Mr. Henry Ford building the first car in 1896. The industry has evolved, to what it is today and represents approximately 10% of the country’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP). According to the Bureau of Labour and Statistics, ‘the automotive industry includes industries associated with the production, wholesaling, retailing & maintenance of motor vehicles’. These industries are industries that have a tremendous impact on the U.S economy and can be directly impacted by changes in U.S. production and sales of motor vehicles.