Question: The Wilmington and Raleigh Railroad was going to connect Wilmington to what city?
Answer: Raleigh

Question: In 1849, what railroad was created?
Answer: North Carolina Railroad

Question: What direction did the North carolina railroad extend?
Answer: west

Question: What stretch of the railroad was vital to the confederates in the civil war?
Answer: Wilmington-to-Raleigh stretch

Question: In 1860, what percent of the North Carolina population were slaves?
Answer: 33

Question: Where were most of the slaves in North Carolina located?
Answer: eastern Tidewater

Question: What type of land did the slaves live on?
Answer: plantations

Question: How many free people of color lived in NC in 1860?
Answer: 30,463

Question: Where were the free people of color located in north carolina in 1860?
Answer: eastern coastal plain

Question: What fraction of the population of North Carolina was enslaved in 1860?
Answer: one-third

Question: North Carolina did not vote to join the confederacy until they were ordered to invade what state?
Answer: South Carolina

Question: When was North Carolinas official secession?
Answer: May 20

Question: When was Tennessees informal secession?
Answer: May 7, 1861

Question: When did Tennessee officially vote to secede?
Answer: June 8, 1861

Question: Some North Carolinians still refused to support what after secession?
Answer: the Confederacy

Question: Some of what farmers remained neutral during the civil war?
Answer: yeoman

Question: Where were the yoeman farmers that remained neutral during the civil war located?
Answer: in the state's mountains and western Piedmont region

Question: How many North Carolinians from the west fought for the union Army?
Answer: 2,000

Question: When did union forces occupy coastal areas of North carolina?
Answer: 1862 and 1863

Question: What was the name of the Confederacys most famous army?
Answer: Army of Northern Virginia

Question: How many battles of the army of Northern Virginia did confederate troops from north Carolina fight in?
Answer: virtually all

Question: What was the name of the largest battle fought in North Carolina?
Answer: Bentonville

Question: What was the name of the confederate general that fought in Bentonville?
Answer: General Joseph Johnston

Question: What was the name of the Union General that fought in Bentonville?
Answer: General William Tecumseh Sherman

Question: Who was the first confederate soldier to be killed in the civil war?
Answer: Private Henry Wyatt

Question: Where was henry Wyatt from?
Answer: North Carolina

Question: What battle did Private Henry Wyatt die in?
Answer: in the Battle of Big Bethel

Question: When did Henry Wyatt die?
Answer: June 1861

Question: When was the battle of Gettysburg?
Answer: July 1863

Question: What is the religious name given to the part of the country that includes the Carolinas?
Answer: Bible Belt

Question: What religion holds the majority in the Bible Belt?
Answer: Baptists

Question: What was the largest denomination in North Carolina in 2010?
Answer: Southern Baptist

Question: What was the second largest denomination in North carolina in 2010?
Answer: United Methodist Church

Question: What was the third largest denomination in North carolina in 2010?
Answer: Roman Catholic

Question: Immigrants from latin America coming to North Carolina is increasing what?
Answer: ethnic and religious diversity

Question: What has happened to the number of Roman Catholics and Jews in North Carolina?
Answer: increased

Question: Religious diversity in North Carolina has generally what?
Answer: increased

Question: What is the second largest Protestant denomination in North Carolina?
Answer: Methodism

Question: What county in Piedmont is methodism especially strong in?
Answer: Guilford

Question: What is the Nickname given to North Carolina?
Answer: Old North State

Question: Science, Technology, energy, and math industries have risen what percent since 2001?
Answer: 17.9

Question: What is raleigh-Cary ranked among the 51 largest metro areas in the country?
Answer: 5

Question: What was North Carolinas gross state product in 2010?
Answer: $424.9 billion

Question: What was North Carolinas state debt in 2012?
Answer: $2.4bn

Question: North carolina voters have leaned republican since what year?
Answer: 1976

Question: What year did North Carolina voters once again vote for a Democrat?
Answer: 2008

Question: What year did Bill Clinton win North Carolina?
Answer: 1992

Question: What year did Bill Clinton lose North Carolina?
Answer: 1996

Question: Where was the 2012 democratic national Convention held?
Answer: Charlotte

Question: Who was elected Governor of North Carolina in 2012?
Answer: Pat McCrory

Question: What political party does Pat McCrory belong to?
Answer: Republican

Question: Who ws elected Lieutenant Governor of North Carolina in 2012?
Answer: Dan Forest

Question: What political party does Dan Forest belong to?
Answer: Republican

Question: Who won North Carolinas 7th congressional district seat in 2014?
Answer: David Rouzer

Question: What agency oversees public schools in North Carolina?
Answer: North Carolina Department of Public Instruction

Question: Who holds most legal authority for making education policy?
Answer: the board

Question: What year did the boards chairman become the Chief Executive officer of public schools?
Answer: 2009

Question: How many public school systems does North Carolina have?
Answer: 115

Question: What is the largest school system in North Carolina?
Answer: Wake County Public School System

Question: What state opened the first public university in the United States?
Answer: North Carolina

Question: What year was the first public university opened in the United States?
Answer: 1795

Question: What was the name of the first public university to open in the US?
Answer: University of North Carolina

Question: What is the largest University in North Carolina?
Answer: North Carolina State University

Question: How many students does North Carolina State University enroll?
Answer: 34,000

Question: Duke University and Shaw University are examples of what type of colleges that are in North Carolina?
Answer: private

Question: What was the first black college in the south?
Answer: Shaw University

Question: What is the name of the only Catholic college in the Carolinas?
Answer: Belmont Abbey College

Question: What is the name of the only Lutheran University in North Carolina?
Answer: Lenoir-Rhyne University

Question: How many major league sports franchises make North carolina home?
Answer: three

Question: What is the only professional team from North carolina to have won a league championship?
Answer: The Hurricanes

Question: The Carolina Hurricanes belong to what league?
Answer: National Hockey League

Question: The Charlotte Hornets belong to what league?
Answer: National Basketball Association

Question: The Caroli8na panthers belong to what league?
Answer: National Football League

Question: What Speedway in North Carolina hosts two Sprint cupseries races each year?
Answer: Charlotte Motor Speedway

Question: Where is Charlotte motor Speedway located?
Answer: Concord

Question: What North Carolina city hosts the NASCAR Hall of Fame?
Answer: Charlotte

Question: What North carolina city is home to several top racing teams?
Answer: Concord

Question: How many colleges compete at the Division 1 level in North Carolina?
Answer: 18

Question: Where is the ACC headquarters?
Answer: Greensboro

Question: Where were the ACC football and basketball championships recently held?
Answer: North Carolina

Question: What stadium host the ACC championship game and the Belk Bowl each year?
Answer: Charlotte's Bank of America Stadium

Question: How many times has North Carolina hosted the NCAA final four?
Answer: two

Question: How many people go to see the Appalachian Mountains each year?
Answer: several million