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44037
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After the close of the Civil War, Congress passed several reconstruction acts that specified those things southern states must do before being readmitted to the Union. One of the requirements was adoption of a new state constitution. A convention to to accomplish this goal opened on January 14, 1868. One of the provisions made in the new constitution was universal male suffrage. Considered very progressive for its time, the new constitution was challenged by conservatives, who termed it the "radical Reconstruction constitution".
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44038
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On October 25, 1774, 51 Edenton area women signed a document indicating their resolve to boycott English tea. News of the event ended up in a London newspaper on January 16, 1775. It is considered the first political protest by women in America.
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Fred Olds, a previous insurance agent and newspaper editor, began working in the 1880s and 90s for the creation of a North Carolina historical museum. In 1902, the "Hall of History" openned its doors in the Agriculture Building in Raleigh.
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42907
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Bright leaf tobacco has been a part of North Carolina culture since 1839, when an enslaved Caswell County man, Stephen Slade discovered a curing method for producing bright yellow leaves. the Duke family of Durham lead in mechanizing the process for cigarettes. By the mid-20th century, health related concerns on the use of tobacco began to mount.
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42908
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"The North Carolina Defense Industry has one of the largest military footprints of any state in the country." By the year 2000, Fayetteville's Fort Bragg was considered one of the largest military installations in the world.
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42909
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In the 1700s there were around 10 working paper mills in North Carolina.. The industry had mostly declined after the Civil War. But new processes, that developed in Europe and incorporated the use of the state's abundant pine forests, revitalized the industry in the 20th century.
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Vast forests in North Carolina's Piedmont region and cheap labor helped to bring America's furniture industry to North Carolina from the Northwest. the state's furniture industry developed within a 150 mile radius of High Point. This distinction earned High Point its nickname as "Furniture Capitol of the World".
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North Carolina's first textile mills opened in the early 1800s. By the Civil War, 45 cotton and woolen mills were operating in the state. By 1960, North Carolina's 1,110 textile mills employed 55 percent of the state's manufacturing workforce. From the 1980s through the early 2000s there was a period of marked decline in the industry, Despite such, textiles continue as a recognizable force in the state, adapting to changing technologies.
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For most of the 20th Century, textiles, tobacco and furniture were the "Big Three" industries in North Carolina. All three were in decline by the year 2000. The development of Research Triangle Park, in conjunction with top-flight universities nearby, has greatly augmented the transition from labor dependent to technology oriented industries now driving the state's economy.
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42913
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"Many of the men and women who serve in the military are a big part of our Tar Heel 'family.' But in North Carolina, the military is also big business."
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42914
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Promoted from the 1930s to the 1970s, the Variety Vacationland campaign marketed North Carolina as modern but with strong ties to the past and endowed with a full range of natural and recreational opportunities for every visitor.
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42915
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North Carolina is currently the top producer of sweet potatoes in the United States. It is also the third largest producer of pork.
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43214
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Founded by George Fox in England in 1652, this religious sect first made its appearance in North Carolina in Perquimans County.As pacifists, Quakers refused to serve in the militia during the Revolutionary War. They also did not believe in the use of enslaved labor. Their beliefs presented challenges in dealing with their neighbors.
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In the summer of 1944, the Emergency Infantile Paralysis Hospital or what was better known as the Hickory Emergency Infantile Polio Hospital was established in Hickory to treat an outbreak of infantile paralysis (polio).
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In July 1916, remnants of two hurricanes dropped nearly 22 inches of rain in western North Carolina in under one day. Hundreds of families were left destitute. A mill complex in Gaston County was completely washed away.
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