1. Education, Life, and the American Empire (New South)

2. North Carolina State University
founded within the context of rapid advances in late 19th-century American higher education
2 economic interest groups strongly supported the founding of an agricultural and technical school
The Watauga Club (businessmen)
Several farmers’ organizations

3. 1st Woman's College in NC
On February 18, 1891, the N.C. General Assembly passed “An Act to Establish a Normal and Industrial School for White Girls,” creating the first public institution in the state to offer higher education to women.
Called originally the State Normal and Industrial School, it became North Carolina College for Women in 1919, Woman’s College of the University of North Carolina in 1931, and the University of North Carolina at Greensboro in 1963.

5. The Colored State Normal Schools
Tuition in all the normal schools is free to those who intend to teach in the colored public schools of N.C.
Winston-Salem, Fayetteville and Elizabeth City are maintained by the State for the purpose of training teachers for the colored elementary public schools of N.C.
Formed

6. Biltmore Estate

7. The Roller Skate Craze

8. What are Sanitariums?
For several years during the late 19th and early 20th centuries, tuberculosis was the leading cause of death in the U.S.
Most popular and widely accepted of those treatments involved placing the afflicted in an environment that boasted clean air, low humidity, cool nights, and abundant sunshine.
By the late 1800s, “sanitariums” designated for TB treatment were being built in various temperate locations throughout the country.
Due to its climate, Western North Carolina quickly emerged as one of the premier destinations for those suffering from tuberculosis.

10. Expansion and empire, 1867–1914
U.S. had a right and duty to extend its influence and civilization in the Western Hemisphere and the Caribbean, as well as across the Pacific.
Colonial-minded administrations were often more concerned with trade and economic issues than political control.
The U.S.’s first venture beyond its continental borders was the purchase of Alaska – sparsely populated by Inuit and other native peoples – from Russia in 1867.
When Alaska became the 49th state in 1959, it replaced Texas as geographically the largest state in the Union.

11. Spanish American War

12. Spanish-American War fought in 1898
exercising control or influence over islands in the Caribbean Sea and the Pacific
The outbreak of war had three principal sources:
popular hostility to autocratic Spanish rule in Cuba
U.S. sympathy with the Cuban fight for independence
new spirit of national assertiveness
U.S. troops engaged: 306,760
American battle deaths: 385
Spain declared war on the U.S. because the U.S. supported Cuba's wish to be independent of Spanish rule. (Continued)

13. The Spanish military forced Cubans into slave communities and thousands died from disease and starvation.
American newspapers slanted and distorted the news in a practice later called “yellow journalism” to create more public support for the Cubans.
A submarine mine exploded in Havana Harbor in Cuba, sinking the U.S. battleship Maine and killing 260 servicemen. Although it was never proven, America placed responsibility on Spain. “Remember the Maine!” became the war’s most famous slogan.
War with Spain was declared in April 1898.
American ships destroy the Spanish fleet off Santiago, Cuba, forcing that city to surrender and signaling the end of the Spanish resistance.
The Treaty of Paris was signed in Cuba was freed, the U.S. obtained the Philippines for $20 million, and Puerto Rico and Guam were ceded to the U.S.

14. The Third North Carolina Regiment