Early trains ran off of this mineral found in mining
What is coal
100
This county was the sight of the first ever Gold Rush in North America.
What is Cabarrus County
100
When a politician improves transportation, education, banking they are focusing on what issues
What is domestic
100
This general was forced to remove all Native Americans living in the south
What is Winfield Scott
200
a fund that the legislature said would be used to establish a public school system
What is a literary fund
200
What city is home to the first railroad in North Carolina?
What is Fayetteville
200
These two contributors led to the vanishing of the North Carolina mining industry
What is the California Gold Rush and the Civil War
200
The success of these two industry's led to an increase in educational funding
What is the mining and railroad industries
200
The Trail of Tears is the nickname for which executive order
What is the Indian Removal Act
300
A legal document that gives permission to use land for a specific purpose
What is a charter
300
This railroad was chartered in 1836 by it's own citizens it was 161.5 miles long, the largest in the world of that time.
What is The Wilmington & Weldon Railroad
300
What was the use of the first gold nugget found in North Carolina? It did this for 2 years
What is a doorstopper
300
These are institutions to help house low income people
What is "poorhouses"
300
This Native American tribe had the most sophisticated culture and a small number were able to convince the North Carolina General Assembly to allow them to stay in the southwestern portion of the state.
What is The Cherokee nation
400
This was a political party whose members favored banks and internal improvements
What is Whig Party
400
This event halted most of the construction of railroads in North Carolina and across the South.
What is The Civil War
400
In 1799, this mans son found a 17 pound gold nugget while they wish they would've done research before their first sell to a charlatan in Fayetteville.
What is John Reed
400
This woman went undercover as a mentally ill patient and reported the abuse and unsanitary conditions in these institutions
What is Dorothea Dix
400
What future state became the new home for Native American tribes of the south
What is Oklahoma
500
idea that a person should be free from government interference
What is individualism
500
This railroad connected the state capitals of Virginia and North Carolina increasing communication for government and business
What is the Raleigh & Gaston Railroad
500
The North Carolina Gold Rush sparked this banking capital because it was so close to the mining areas of North Carolina.
What is Charlotte
500
Unfortunately many children in early North Carolina did not attend school past the 8th grade due to
What is farming
500
This man refused to budge on the Supreme Courts decision to allow a Native American tribe to remain on their ancestral homeland. Enraged many Whigs