NC Unit 5
Objective: 3.02
1. Why was state funding for public schools, roads, and other public services in North Carolina so low in the early 1800s?
A The state’s ability to collect taxes was limited by the poverty of its people.
B North Carolina had to depend on the federal government for aid and support of its infrastructure.
C Citizens believed that it was the counties’ responsibility to provide these services
D Most North Carolina citizens wanted limits on how much money the state government could spend.
Objective: 3.02
2. Which statement best describes the condition of North Carolina’s infrastructure following the War of 1812?
A Because of the war, many public services such as sewer systems were destroyed.
B Roads were not maintained, there were no bridges, and few rivers could accommodate boats.
C Because of the corruption of politicians, the infrastructure was poorly maintained.
D The infrastructure was bolstered by the economic boom caused by the war.
Objective: 3.02
3. In the early 1800s, how many enslaved African Americans in North Carolina could read?
A Approximately 30 percent
B Nearly half of African American men but almost no women
C Probably none, as it was illegal for them to learn to read
D About ten percent of the enslaved population
Objective: 3.02
4. What is North Carolina reformer Archibald Murphey best known for?
A Supporting the idea of state-funded public education
B Organizing sit-ins to protest segregation
C Advocating against child labor
D Promoting the ratification of the Fourteenth Amendment
Objective: 3.03
5. What is North Carolina native David Walker best known for?
A His role in creating North Carolina State University
B His family’s ownership of vast tobacco farms
C His opposition to slavery and publication of anti-slavery pamphlets
D His diligent work to bring new industry to the state
Objective: 3.07
6. What was one reason that North Carolina held a constitutional convention in 1835?
A William Gaston was appointed to the state supreme court but could not serve because he was Catholic.
B African American voters agitated to change congressional district lines.
C Most of the state legislators recommended enacting amendments to grant Native Americans citizenship
D The state was required to change its constitution as part of the reconstruction after the War of 1812.
Objective: 3.07
7. What effect did the constitutional convention of 1835 have on free African Americans?
A Congressional districts were changed, so they were allowed to suggest new candidates for office.
B They were denied the right to vote even though they had previously been allowed.
C They were now allowed to sit in the previously whites-only section of public facilities.
D The new constitution made very little change in the lives of free African Americans.
Objective: 3.04
8. Why did North Carolina’s population of enslaved African Americans increase in the 1800s?
A Enslaved people emigrated from Virginia, Maryland, and South Carolina.
B Formerly free African Americans were captured and enslaved.
C Ports opened along the coast that could receive slave vessels.
D More labor was needed for cotton production after the invention of the cotton gin.
Objective: 3.02
9. Why did one-third of North Carolina residents leave the state between 1815 and 1850?
A The lack of resources and poor living conditions prompted them to move.
B A series of natural disasters forced many of them to leave their homes.
C Other states were offering 10 acres of land to new settlers.
D North Carolina’s embrace of slavery angered many residents.
Objective: 3.05
10. Why were some Cherokee able to remain in North Carolina during the removal and resettlement of Native Americans?
A Their leader, Tsali, exchanged his life for their freedom to remain in the state.
B Many white North Carolinians helped them hide from government troops.
C They purchased the land they had lived on for $86,000.
D In exchange for information about the British, they were allowed to stay.
Objective: 3.06
11. What happened in the early 1800s when gold was discovered in North Carolina?
A The state was able to fund public education for the first time.
B A rush on the banks caused them to close.
C America’s first gold rush began.
D State legislators rushed to tax the new mines.
Objective: 3.08
12. What was one effect of former governor John Morehead’s construction of an extensive railroad system in North Carolina?
A Many towns were bypassed by the new system and lost residents.
B New immigrants from Asia came to North Carolina to help build the railroad system.
C Segregation laws were passed to keep African Americans off the trains.
D Farmers were able to transport greater quantities of their crops to market quickly.
Objective: 3.04
13. Which North Carolina native was an important figure in the Underground Railroad?
A William Gaston
B Levi Coffin
C Dorothea Dix
D John Carruthers Stanly
Objective: 3.06
14. Why did the United States mint open a branch in Charlotte, North Carolina, in 1837?
A The North Carolina legislature won a competition with other states for the new branch.
B Gold mining had become an important industry in the state after the gold rush.
C Charlotte was already an important center of banking and commerce.
D The leader of the U.S. mint was a North Carolina native.
Objective: 3.03
15. What was the most significant result of John Motley Morehead’s term as North Carolina’s governor?
A He was the first governor elected by the voters instead of by the state legislature.
B The next governor elected was Edward Dudley, also from the Whig party.
C He built the Wilmington and Weldon Railroad, which covered 161 miles (259 km) of the state.
D He extended the state’s railroad system into western North Carolina.
Objective: 3.05
16. What happened to the land and possessions in North Carolina left by Cherokee who were removed under the Indian Removal Act?
Objective: 3.08
17. How did U.S. boundaries change when native North Carolinian James Polk became the 11th president of the United States?