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WorksheetsNorth Carolina Statehood
Total questions: 19
Worksheet time: 15mins
What is the difference between a capital and a capitol?
What is a governor?
A place of education run by the government and paid for by taxes.
A part of a state, usually larger than a city, that has its own government.
A leader that proposes ideas for new laws and carries them out.
A 1,000-mile walk where over 4,000 Cherokee Indians died.
Which TWO state improvements helped travel?
public schools
plank roads
railroads
dirt roads
What was the Trail of Tears?
A place of education run by the government and paid for by taxes.
A system of escape routes and safe houses.
A leader that proposes ideas for new laws and carries them out.
A 1,000-mile walk where over 4,000 Cherokee Indians died.
What was the Underground Railroad?
A place of education run by the government and paid for by taxes.
A system of escape routes and safe houses.
A leader that proposes ideas for new laws and carries them out.
A 1,000-mile walk where over 4,000 Cherokee Indians died.
What is a civil war?
Groups of people in different countries fighting each other.
Groups of people in the same country fight each other.
Groups of people civilly disagreeing with each other.
An organization looking for war.
The southern states were considered the _______.
The Union
The Confederacy
The northern states were considered the _______.
The Union
The Confederacy
What was one effect of the Union winning the Civil War?
Who made the first motor-powered airplane flight?
Henry Ford
Orville and Wilbur Wright
Samuel F. B. Morse
Assembly Line
What are two ways railroads began to reach Western North Carolina?
By using trestles and bridges.
Blasted tunnels.
By using telephones.
By talking to the governor.
Who used an assembly line to make produce automobiles faster?
Henry Ford
Orville and Wilbur Wright
Samuel F. B. Morse
Assembly Line
Why did the United States get involved in World War 1?
Germany sank a British ship and 128 Americans on the ship were killed.
The United States wanted to prove it was the most powerful state in the world.
Germany sent the United States a dinner receipt.
The United States owed France and Russia.
How did women help support the war effort during both world wars?
Women joined the military.
Women created war bonds.
Women filled the jobs of men who had gone to war and became nurses, doctors, and mechanics to aid in the war,
Women helped out at Fort Bragg.
What led to the Great Depression?
Businesses grew quickly following the war.
The stock market crash led to the Great Depression.
World War 1 led to the Great Depression.
The Packers losing to Tom Brady caused Mr. Wheeler's Great Depression
What is suffrage?
the right to medical insurance.
the right to protect children to work.
the right to vote.
the right to go to school.
What is segregation?
a group of workers who act together to get employers to listen to their demands.
the right to vote.
the practice of keeping people apart because of their race or culture.
a right given to all citizens by the Constitution.
Who led protests to end segregation?
Samuel F. B. Morse
The Wright Brothers
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Lillian Exum Clement
What is a civil right?
a group of workers who act together to get employers to listen to their demands.
the right to vote.
the practice of keeping people apart because of their race or culture.
a right given to all citizens by the Constitution.
