4th Grade SS Unit 1 Session 1

What are the 3 regions of North Carolina?

• Charlotte, Raleigh, Durham

• Mountains, Piedmont, Coastal Plain

• Mountains, Rivers, Forests

• Mountains, Piedmont, Charlotte

Who were the first people living in the mountain region of North Carolina?

• The Cherokee people

• Europeans

• Spanish settlers

• Gold miners

What are SETTLERS?

• people who permanently move away from a region

• people who are already living in a region

• people who never move away from a region

• people who permanently move to a new region

How did DISPLACEMENT change the mountain region of NC?

• The Cherokee people and the Spanish fought over the land

• As more settlers began to move in to the mountains, the Cherokee people were forced to move farther west

• As more Cherokee people began to move in to the mountains, the settlers were forced to move west

• Nothing changed life stayed the same for the Cherokee people

What happened to the Cherokee People?

• They were welcomed by the Spanish settlers

• They were forced to leave their home in NC and march to Oklahoma on the Trail of Tears

• They visited relatives in Trail of Tears, Oklahoma

• They were forced to build new homes in the North Carolina Mountains

How did TRANSPORTATION change life for people in the North Carolina mountains?

• It allowed farmers to sell their produce at larger markets

• It invited tourists into the mountains

• It gave access to miners looking for gold

• All of the above

How did everything change when the RAILROAD came to the North Carolina Mountains?

•  Trains brought money and power to the mountains

• It allowed more people access to the mountains

• It made shipping goods possible

• All of the above

What DECLINED in the North Carolina as the years passed?

• tourists

• Spanish settlers

• use of trains

• gold

What does ISOLATED mean?

• Alone

• many people

• explore

• travel

What motivated people to come to the mountain region?

•  North Carolina had the largest gold production out of all the states

•  North Carolina had the largest mountains out of all the states

•  North Carolina mountains were isolated from the rest of the state

•  North Carolina had more gold than California