Unit 4 NC History English

Which of the following is the best definition of the vocabulary word perspective?

• A person’s thoughts, feelings, or beliefs about a topic

• The protest that groups of people organize.

• A secondhand account of an event told from people who did not attend the event.

• A memorable historical symbol of North Carolina.

Which sentence best describes the perspectives of Tuscarora peoples in the Tuscarora War?

• The war finally came to an end with a treaty.

• 25,000 people made up the Tuscarora Tribe.

• The arrival of colonists changed the Tuscarora’s peoples’ whole world. The colonists stole land that belonged to their families and ancestors for many generations and claimed them as their own.

• The Tuscarora have their own language, religion, culture, and traditions.

Which sentence best describes the perspectives of the colonists in the Tuscarora War?

• Many Native American tribes including the Tuscarora, Cherokee, and Catawba tribes have lived on the land of North Carolina for a very long time.

• Colonists who escaped to present day North Carolina went through hard times. They worked hard to buy land and own the land. They used land for farming to survive.

• European settlers were able to create the first town of North Carolina known as New Bern.

• The colonists continued to expand and grow.

Which sentence best describes the result of the Tuscarora War?

• The Tuscarora won the war and were able to stay on their land.

• The Tuscarora were able to work with the colonists and share the land that they occupied.

• The Tuscarora signed a treaty which allowed them to keep all of their land.

• The Tuscarora lost the war and many of them moved away from North Carolina.

Which statement best summarizes North Carolina’s role in desegregation after Brown Vs. Board of Education was passed?

• North Carolina immediately acted to make sure that students of different races attended schools together.

• The majority of North Carolina schools remained very segregated. Black students sometimes had to walk further to attend all Black schools when there was a school closer to their homes.

• The state of North Carolina made sure all Black students were able to attend equal schools as white students.

• The state of North Carolina has always given Black and white students equal treatment.

What was the result of the Swann vs. Charlotte Mecklenburg Board of Education court case?

• In 1971, Federal Judge James McMillan ordered the Charlotte Board of Education to use buses to integrate schools and the Supreme Court agreed. Students were assigned to different schools and buses took them to their assigned schools.

• The case, along with others, traveled all the way to Federal Court. It was found that many of Charlotte’s schools were not integrated.

• An African American man named Julius Swann, a professor at Johnson C. Smith University wanted his son to attend an integrated school. The school board kept assigning his son to the all Black school.

Which of the following explains why symbols are used?

• Symbols are fun ways to make meaning of easier topics.

• Symbols help make information easier to remember and provide meaning to large topics.

• Symbols allow people to learn from the actions of others and from what was done in the past.

• Symbols are tools to be used when there is a large amount of information to be learned.

What is revealed when items are memorialized and remembered by becoming state symbols?

• Bright moments in history of the people of the state are revealed.

• Past mistakes and errors of the people of the state are revealed.

• Future developmental plans of the people of the state are revealed.

• Cultural and historical values and beliefs of the people of the state are revealed.

Why were Historically Black Colleges and Universities created in North Carolina and across the United States?

• These institutions allowed students to select paths of learning, when other institutions did not allow such learning.

• HBCUs were institutions accepting and welcoming female students.

• These institutions were the only higher educational institutions admitting black students.

• HBCUs were created to be model examples of how institutions should prepare students to be effective citizens of North Carolina.

Which of the following best describes the reason why North Carolina features a wide variety of colleges and universities?

• In 1776, North Carolina's first state constitution included a rule to allow for public support of education.

• The school was requested by the Lumbee tribe and other native peoples in the state.

• The same students were welcomed at HBCUs.

• Salem College is the oldest female college in the country.