The Civil War began when southerners fired shots at Union troops at Fort Sumter, in this state (near Charleston)
What is SOUTH CAROLINA?
100
The Emancipation Proclamation, signed by Abraham Lincoln, did this for slaves
What is FREED ALL SLAVES?
100
True or False: The Moravians were expert builders, carpenters, and bakers
What is TRUE?
100
The three biggest industries in NC after the end of the Civil War became ___________, ___________, and agriculture (tobacco farming/cigarette manufacturing)
What are TEXTILES and FURNITURE BUILDING?
200
Most of the hard labor on farms was done by them
Who are SLAVES?
200
TRUE or FALSE: North Carolina solders mostly fought for the Union
What is FALSE?
200
About how many soldiers died during the Civil War?
A- a million
B- 500
C- 600,000
What is C- 600,000?
200
The Moravians came to NC from this town in Pennsylvania
What is Bethlehem?
200
An entrepreneur is a person who (pick 2)
A- starts and runs a new business
B- finds better ways of doing things
C- takes your money
What is A- starts and runs a new business and
B- finds better ways of doing things
300
Poor _______ and few schools made it difficult for North Carolina to grow after the Revolutionary War
What are ROADS?
300
Many people thought the war would only last
A- a few years
B- a few months
C- forever
What is B- a few months?
300
After the war, the "ten percent rule" forgave, or "pardoned" all Confederate soldiers and supporters EXCEPT (pick three)
A- judges
B- slaves
C- military leaders
D- Congressmen
What is A, C, and D (judges, military leaders, and Congressmen)?
300
TRUE OR FALSE: The Moravians owned slaves
What is FALSE?
300
Textile mills were build near what geographical feature, because it could help power the mills?
What are RIVERS?
400
North Carolina was the _______ state to secede from the Union
A- third
B- first
C- last
What is C- last?
400
The South was also known as the _______________ states.
What is CONFEDERATE?
400
What Southern general surrendered to end the war at Appomatox Courthouse?
Who was GENERAL ROBERT E LEE?
400
Moravians believed that men and women should be separated until they were married. Single men over the age of 14 lived in the ________ ___________ house
What is the SINGLE BRETHEREN?
400
What major University and hospital was built with money made from tobacco farming?
What is DUKE UNIVERSITY?
500
Most manufactured goods purchased in NC were bought from factories in the ________, or imported from Europe
What is the NORTH?
500
The south did not have good roads, weapons, or factories, but it had the best ____________.
What is GENERALS or MILITARY LEADERS?
500
After the Civil War was over, people in the south who continued to farm needed workers to do the work that slaves used to do, in exchange for 2/3 or 1/2 of the crop. This system was called ______ _________, or "share cropping"
What is TENANT FARMING?
500
TRUE or FALSE: The Moravians were Christians
What is TRUE?
500
What is ONE reason High Point, NC became a good place for the furniture building industry?
What is:
- lots of lumber nearby in forests
- lots of former tobacco farmers looking for work in a factory