 Journal: If you woke up 50 years from now what would you expect to see? Explain your thoughts in detail. ( ½ – ¾ of a page)  In the 1850,s roughly 900,000 people were residents of North Carolina. 1/5 of those were slaves. How many slaves lived in NC?

 Known as Rip Van Winkle State- Made little progress in areas of social and economic life  Last state to have a bank  Lacked a major port for trade and transportation routes in the state  Farmers didn’t take care of land causing size of farms to get smaller  Low taxes gave state little money too help

 What would the effect of poor conditions in North Carolina in the 1800’s be?  What changes could you make to fix the problems in North Carolina?

 As conditions continued to get worse people left  Changes came in 1830  Archibald Murphy pushed and received more government control  Creation of a better education system (UNC Chapel- Hill created)  Raised taxes allowed government funded jobs and more economic opportunity  Created roads, railroad tracks, and canal waterways for better transportation across the state

 Representation in state government was not fair across the state  Compromise was made. Each county would have at least one seat. The higher the population the more seats, giving the Western part of the state more representation  Women and free blacks still could not vote

 Dorthea Dix helped create first hospital for mentally handicapped  More schools created easier access to learning including duke, wake forest and religious institutions

 What do you think farm life is like?  How do farmers get all their work accomplished?  What’s a plantation and what major crop created plantations in North Carolina?  What was life like for a slave?

 Least urban state in country  Mostly Yeoman Farmers- Farmers who organized their life around family, seasons, and their neighborhoods  Neighborhoods were center of life. Bought and sold goods, religious center, entertainment  Plantation farming grew as need for cotton grew.  Average southern plantations had 10 or more slaves. Most North Carolinians only had 1 to 2 slaves

 Why do you think North Carolina was a slow growing state?  Why do You think North Carolina was known as the Rip Van Winkle State?