Chapter 13: Railroads and Reform

The first railroad in NC in 1840 the:

• Raleigh and Gaston Railroad

• Tweetsie Railroad

• Wilmington and Weldon Railroad

• North Carolina Railroad

This was discovered in Cabarrus County in 1799:

• Oil

• Gold

• Silver

• Iron Ore

The right of white males to vote even if they did not own property was known as:

• Manhood Suffrage

• Permanent Equality

• Ex Post Facto

• Personal Liability

The first interstate railroad was the:

• Wilmington and Weldon

• Raleigh and Gaston

• North Carolina Railroad

• Tweetsie Railroad

All of the following were results of railroads in NC except:

• trade grew

• communication increased

• created a new pride and patriotism

• increased the flow of people out of NC

This was created in NC in 1852:

• a state constitution

• a public works system

• voter equality

• a public school system

The Raleigh and Gaston Railroad:

• was the longest railroad in the world at that time

• ran a great arc across NC

• connected the state capitals of NC and Virginia

• only ran through NC

The NC Gold Rush:

• was the first gold rush in US History

• lasted only a short time

• did not bring economic prosperity to the state

• was the last gold rush in US History

Dorothea Dix was a:

• woman who fought for equality among the sexes

• slaveholder who freed her slaves

• famous author of NC folklore

• social reformer who convinced the state to fund a hospital for the mentally ill

All of the following are effects of the NC Gold Rush except:

• the wealth from the Gold Rush funded new businesses

• immigrants who came to work in the gold mine added to the cultural diversity of NC

• increased the flow of people out of NC

• safe, efficient methods of lode mining were created