2. North Carolina By Reese Louwagie #11

3. GEOGRAPHER Capital=Raleigh Region=Southeast MAJOR CITIES Charlotte Greensboro Durham MAJOR RIVER Cape Fear River

4. HISTORIAN November 21 st 1789 It was the 12 th state In 1868 North Carolina became a U.S. state again The New Constitution made slavery illegal which Had been legal.

5. ECONOMIST INDUSTRIES OR MANUFACTURING PRODUCTS Tobacco & Tobacco Products, High Technology, & Medical Research AGRICULTURE OR FARMING PRODUCTS Sweet Potatoes, Pigs, & Turkeys

6. POLITICAL SCIENTIST Governer= Pat McCory Lieutenant Governer= Dan Forest

7. STATE INFO Nickname=Tar Heel State State Dog : Plott Hound

8. STATE INFO State Bird=Cardinal State Flower=Flowering Dogwood

9. STATE INFO State Tree=Longleaf Pine State Fish=Channel Bass

10. STATE INFO State Gem=Emerald State Mammal=Gray Squirrel

11. STATE INFO State Beverage=Milk State Reptile=Eastern Box Turtle

12. STATE INFO State Motto= Ess quam videri To be rather than to seem

13. State Song=The Old North State

14. STATE INFO you can go to Cape Lookout National Seashore. Where more than 100 wild horses graze on this Island. You can also go to Kill Devil Hills Where the Wright Brothers made the first Controlled,powered flight in 1903 near Kitty Hawk.