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1. Who founded the city in 1701, before there was even officially a state of Michigan?
2. In 1805 most of the city was destroyed, allowing Augustus Woodward to design the city basically from scratch. What caused the destruction of the city?
3. The Battle of Fort Detroit was fought during the War of 1812. During the battle Detroit surrendered to an invading army that was much smaller in number than the fortified troops in the city.
4. Which famous Civil War General gave a eulogy for President Lincoln in Campus Martius Park?
5. Beginning in the 1860s a huge influx of immigrants from what country began settling in the Corktown neighborhood of Detroit?
6. Hazen S. Pingree served several terms as Mayor of Detroit before being elected to which higher office?
7. Who founded an automotive company that was among the most successful corporations in the early part of the 20th century? He had factories all over the Metro Detroit region and a world famous factory on Piquette Avenue in the city.
8. Former Detroit Mayor and Michigan Governor Frank Murphy also served in what appointed capacity later in life?
9. A landmark Supreme Court Case in 1948, involved a Detroit family and their bid to be allowed to live in any neighborhood they wanted within the city. Previously the Court had upheld what "standard" that had stopped them from doing so?
10. Detroit was the county seat, and the largest city by population, in Wayne County when "Detroit: A Biography" was first published.
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