*North Carolina became a state November 21,1789, as the 12th state.
*North Carolina is a South Atlantic State.
*North Carolina is the 28th largest state.
*There are 100 counties in North Carolina.
*The economy is dominated by manufacturing industries and farming.
*Highest point is Mt. Mitchell which is 6684 feet.
*Lowest point is sea level at the the Atlantic coast.
*North Carolina has 13 electorial votes: (2)Senators and (11)Representatives.
*The coastline of North Carolina is 301 miles.

*LOCATION:
South Atlantic State

*BORDERING STATES:
(North)Virgina
(East)Atlantic Ocean
(South)S. Carolina and Georgia
(West)Tennessee

*THREE NATURAL REGIONS:
(1)Blue Ridge-Western North Carolina-humid continental
(2)Piedmont Plateau-Central North Carolina-humid subtropical
(3)Atlantic Coastal Plain-Eastern North Carolina-humid subtropical

Did you know that the Wright Brothers, Orville and Wilbur, made the world's first airplane flight above Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, in 1903?

British General Cornwallis called Charlotte, North Carolina a "hornet's nest" of resistance during the Revolutionary War. The residents adopted a hornet's nest as the official symbol of their city because they were so proud of being hard to defeat.

FUN FACT: Before the California gold rush, North Carolina was the nation's biggest gold producer.

"Famous People of North Carolina"

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POLITICAL

Andrew Johnson began his career as a tailor's apprentice in Raleigh, North Carolina. He was the seventeenth president of the United States. President Andrew Johnson served during the difficult time of Reconstruction after the Civil War. He assumed office after the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln.

James K. Polk had a physical illness as a child and young man. He overcame the illness and become the eleventh president of the United States. Polk was a friend and supporter of Andrew Jackson. He oversaw great expansions of the nation's borders and the realization of Manifest Destiny.

Zebulon Baird Vance was a United States congressman. He was one of the South's most intense supporters of the Union. As the Civil War began, he came home to fight for the Confederacy and is perhaps best known as North Carolina's "States Righter" Civil War governor. After the war, he practiced law and for the last fifteen years of his life represented the Old North State in the United States Senate.

SPORTS

Jim "Catfish" Hunter-Perquimans County,NC;Major League Baseball Pitcher;Cy Young Award Winner in 1974;National Baseball's Hall of Fame.

Michael Jordan- He was born in Brooklyn,New York, but grew up in Wilmington, NC. He is a Pro Basketball player for the Chicago Bulls.

Sugar Ray Leonard-Wilmington,NC;Olympic Gold Meadalist Boxer;his career record was 36-3-1 including 25 knockouts;International Boxing Hall of Fame in 1997.

Arnold Palmer-Pro Golfer

The Petty Family-Randolph County,NC;Stockcar Racers ;the whole Petty family seemed to be involved.

Enos "Country" Slaughter-Person County,NC;Major LeagueBaseball Pitcher;National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1985.

LITERARY PEOPLE

William Sidney Porter did not use his real name when he wrote a book. He used the name of O. Henry. His books were about a wide variety of life experiences.He wrote some of America's best known short stories.

Thomas Wolfe shared scenes of his Asheville, North Carolina home in Look Homeward, Angel and You Can't Go Home Again, novels which have been acclaimed as modern classics.

The nickname Tar Heel dates back to North Carolinians during the Civil War. A North Carolina unit was involved in the fierce battle aganist the enemy, and several of the men retreated, leaving only the men from North Carolina to fight it out alone. Since tar was one of the state's major exports before the war, one of the members of the derelict regiments asked if there was any more tar in the Old North State. A North Carolina soldier said that there was none because Jefferson Davis had bought it all up. "What's Jeff going to do with it?" asked the other soldier. "He's going to put it on your heels to make you stick better in the next fight," replied the North Carolinian. When General Robert E. Lee heard of this incident he reportedly said, "God Bless the Tar Heel Boys."

(William Gaston; Collected and Arranged by Mrs. E. E. Randolph)

Carolina! Carolina! heaven's blessings attend her,
While we live we will cherish, protect and defend her,
Tho' the scorner may sneer at and witlings defame her,
Still our hearts swell with gladness whenever we name her.
Hurrah! Hurrah! the Old North State forever,
Hurrah! Hurrah! the good Old North State.

Tho' she envies not others, their merited glory,
Say whose name stands the foremost, in liberty's story,
Tho' too true to herself e'er to crouch to oppression,
Who can yield to just rule a more loyal submission.
Hurrah! Hurrah! the Old North State forever,
Hurrah! Hurrah! the good Old North State.

Then let all those who love us, love the land that we live in,
As happy a region as on this side of heaven,
Where plenty and peace, love and joy smile before us,
Raise aloud, raise together the heart thrilling chorus.
Hurrah! Hurrah! the Old North State forever,
Hurrah! Hurrah! the good Old North State.

North Carolina Test!

Here is a test that one can print out or have the students take from the computer and write the answers on paper. This is to test student's knowledge of North Carolina.

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"North Carolina Map"

The state of the month for May is North Carolina. I want the thank my cyberfriend, Mike, for the great help with some of the information and the map.

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