North Carolina Review

Fought for the improved treatment of the mentally ill & built a mental hospital in NC

Resulting from the Fusion Alliance, white Democrats killed at least 10 AA's to regain power?

What NC region is the most urbanized and industrial today?

May 31, 1775 was the 1st official declaration of independence by a group with in the colonies.

Presided over the Senate hearings presenting evidence of the Watergate Scandal

Document broke hold of Eastern NC on the state gov. and spread political power across state

New crop that NC began experimenting with in the 1830's tripling their production

North Carolina became the first state to enroll students in a state university named

On May 20, 1861 what did NC unanimously vote to do?

Camp Bragg, Camp Polk, & Camp Greene were all opened to train troops for which world conflict

What region of NC were most of the textile & furniture mills located (High Point & Hickory)?

Required that every healthy man between 18 and 35 was required to spend time in the military

First governor of the state of North Carolina & a Revolutionary War hero

Event led by Abraham Galloway which pushed for legal rights, fair contracts & the right to vote

Costly battle outside Greensboro- Cornwallis was forced to leave NC to resupply despite victory

Conflict started by West Carolinian's who attempted to stop the East & the Governor corruptness

Advocated for education & women's education in NC, founded a school for women to be teachers

NC cotton crop was damaged severely by an infestation of worms called

John Copeland Jr & Lewis Leary were 2 free AA who died participating in which radical attack

Humanitarian who sought internal improvements such as public education & a fair justice system

Conflict where Gov. Holden sent Kirk to hunt down & arrest 100's of KKK members w/o due process

Built by the Vanderbilt's & a shining example of the lavish taste of the Gilded Age here in NC

North Carolina'a 3 regions from east to west are

NC's shift from agriculture to industry was dependent on which new industry?

Conflict that NC participated in b/c the tax on corn whiskey hit NC farmer's hard

Four AA students sat at an all white lunch counter at a Woolworth's to protest segregation

Small fast gunboats based in Cape Hatteras used to intercept Union cargo ships

David Walker wrote a pamphlet urging slaves to fight back and is widely blamed for

What major immigrant groups settled in North Carolina?

Citizens were exempt from the draft if they had 20 or more slaves or could hire a replacement

English scouts returned to England with 2 Natives to meet with English leaders & learn about GB

Important Confederate Fort that protected the port of Wilmington

Prominent AA only financial institution that grew to the largest AA owned institution in South

Occurring in Rowan County in 1824 & was the 1st in the country leading to a US Mint

Published the book Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl detailing the life of a slave.

One of NC's first settlers who explored & pushed west through the Cumberland Gap into Kentucky

Governor of NC during Reconstruction & was the 1st Gov. to be impeached for Kirk Holden War.

Founded the Populist Party & became the head of the Farmer's Alliance

Nickname NC received following WW I because of miles& miles of highways maintained by the state

Forced journey of 17,000 Cherokee to the Indian Territory resulting in 4,000 deaths

Leading advocate for women's suffrage in NC, founded the League of Women's Voters

Otway Burns was an 1812 privateer who created the Prometheus, NC's first

What was added to the US Constitution that convinced NC to ratify it?

Designed to help the poor to become self reliant citizens & trained community leaders

Used his popular TV show See It Now to discredit McCarthy & show the harm he caused

Prominent southern abolitionist who helped 100's of slaves escape on the Underground Railroad

Kitty Hawk, NC the world say the first motorized sustained flight by

What state was the South's most industrialized b/c of the textile mills, furniture, and tobacco

Religious movement that swept across NC embracing Christianity & ?ing their belief in democracy

NC's largest bank that collapsed during the Great Depression

Nickname given to NC soldiers during Civil War because they stuck to their positions

This gave NC representatives at the 2nd Continental Congress authority to vote for independence

Who was the first English child born in the Americas on August 18, 1587 in Roanoke?

First Lady heralded for her bravery for saving documents & valuables from the White House?

One of NC's prominent AA only schools run by Charlotte Brown

Indian gang who raided stores & plantations for food & supplies during Civil War & after

Book written by Thomas Dixon & was nation's 1st full length film, praised KKK as heroes.

Confederate submarine that successfully sank a Union ship

The Tax in Kind and conscription hit which groups of people the hardest in NC

Area of NC were German U-Boats were carefully watching our cargo ships during WW II

Patriot victory outside Charlotte which is considered a turning point in the war in the South

Why did the English colony of Roanoke fail?

Land purchased & zoned between NC's 3 largest universities to bring more technology jobs to NC

Who was in charge of the newly established Carolina Colony?

What was used to open up NC's backcountry for settlement?

Doing without certain supplies during a time of war so soldiers could have more is called

Northern half of the NC colony that Lord Proprietor Granville refused to sell back to the King

Literacy tests, poll taxes, & grandfather clauses are how NC kept AA's disenfranchised

New Deal agency in NC that built schools, playgrounds, planted trees & restored historic places

Friendship formed by Populists & Republicans in NC in order to regain control from the Democrat

Carolina's resistance to the Navigation Acts & led to the creation of a representative assembly

Which town in North Carolina was settled by the religious group the Moravians?

The tobacco, textile, & furniture industries of NC took advantage of what other industry?

Which camp became a permanent fort following World War I

AA's charged with deaths of a fire & policeman, long jail terms, eventually released

Conflict between the Quakers & the Church of England (Anglican)over official religion of colony

Who organized the 1st English attempts to colonize or settle in the New World?

What 2 ethnic group population have increased significantly since the 1970's?

Name of North Carolina's Ironclad

What type of power source was being used on the Catawba River to generate electricity

During the Civil War NC farmers were required to give a portion of their crop to the soldiers

Name General Cornwallis gave to the Charlotte area because of the hostile harassment.

Road built by the CCC during the Great Depression to try and rebuild Appalachian Tourism

President born in Mecklenburg Cty who believed in Manifest Destiny & doubled the size of the US

NC Congressman who opposed secession & was elected Governor during Civil War & US senator after

1965 court case in which busing dealt with desegregation in Charlotte schools

President Jackson's law for the forced removal of the 5 "Civilized Tribes" to a reservation

When over 1 million AA's left the South for Northern & western cities in search of factory jobs

NC's Constitution of 1776 inadvertently left out one important ability for the government

New Deal program that guaranteed prices for tobacco & other crops in 1933 with great results

Carolina Colony was growing rapidly & the 2 main areas were to far apart to govern effectively

Washington Duke made a fortune invented this machine for his company

NC's plan for integration of public schools following the Brown Court Decision, little happened

This conflict lasted 2 yrs & began b/c of the encroachment of white settlers on their land

The people of Roanoke disappear without a trace giving the colony this name

Famous pirate who patrolled the Atlantic waters & called Bath, NC home for a short period

Sarah & Angelina Grimke were 2 sisters from SC who were early voices for

Prominent religious leader who earned fame in LA, met with Presidents & world leaders regularly

The Duke family invested in hydroelectric idea founded the Southern Power Co. which is called

John White & Ralph Lane attempted to establish this English colony unsuccessful a # of times

Former NAACP member Robert Williams led a segregated public pool protest, led to KKK violence

One of the first organized women's protest which supported the boycott & the Boston Tea Party

American Revolution battle outside of Wilmington were Patriots forces defeated loyalist forces.

Nickname given to state of NC between 1815-1835 because it was undeveloped and comatose.