Furniture
Gold Rush
Moravians
Textiles
Review
100
This wood is what most furniture made in NC made from.
What is Pine?
100
The age of Conrad Reed when he first found gold in NC.
What is age 12?
100
This is the city where Old Salem is located today.
What is Winston Salem?
100
By the 1920's, NC had become the largest producer of these.
What are cotton textiles?
100
This war was fought in the Piedmont Region.
What is the French and Indian War?
200
This city in the Piedmont became known as the furniture capital of the US.
What is High Point?
200
This is the year when Conrad Reed first found the 17 lb. gold nugget in NC.
What is 1799?
200
This is the country that the Moravians originally came from.
What is Germany?
200
NC had more of these than every state except Texas by the 1920's.
What are farms?
200
These are two mountain peaks in NC.
What are the Blue Ridge and Appalachian Mountains?
300
Furniture has been made in NC since this period of time.
What is the Colonial period?
300
The amount of money NC had mined by 1860.
What is over $50 million dollars?
300
This is how Moravians address all women and all men.
What is "Sisters" and "Brothers"?
300
Which war caused the over production of cotton, which lead to the decline of the cotton farms?
What is World War I?
300
This many states border NC.
What are 4?
400
This is the year where furniture manufacturers began operating their own furniture market.
What is 1924?
400
NC lead the US in gold mining until the Gold Rush began in this state in 1848.
What is California?
400
This symbol is a traditional Christmas decoration from Germany and was created originally to teach math.
What is the Moravian Star?
400
By what age were children working on farms?
What are ages 6 and 7?
400
These three regions are in NC.
What are the Mountains, Piedmont and Coastal Plains?
500
The ending of this war lead to furniture manufacturing becoming very important to NC.
What is the Civil War?
500
Due to all the gold found in NC, the US opened this in Charlotte, which lead to its success today.
What is a US mint?
500
This is the number of acres the Moravians originally settled on when they came to Winston Salem.
What is 100,000?
500
This insect infestation also lead to the decline of cotton farms.
What is the boll weevil?
500
This mine was the first operating one in the US.
What is the Silver Hill Mine?
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