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in 1839, the whigs established the state's first public school system. The plan was to call lech county to tax itself to build common schools for any white child- boy or girl- attending that school free. If local taxes were raised, the state would supplement the plan with money from the rejuvenated Litary Fund. If a county got the fund, each neighborhood would get a school. Rockingham county opened the first common school in 1840. More than 2000 schools were opened in 1850.
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Summary on the Railroads North Carolina had fewer canals than most other states, this was a bad thing. The state had their terrain too tough and rough to build them and the transpotation had a reasonable cost. By the 1830s, a new form of transportation had been developed. It was called a locomotive that would propel on a rail. This invention had a great impact on the state. It could be built where a canal could not. Finnally North Carolina could connect with the rest of the world. The railroad was very expensive though. the whigs however quickly desided to use state funds for the railroads. They spent more than one million. The thing is that they had nowhere to put the railroad. Soon, in 1837 and 1841, the legislature had invested in the construction of the two lines, the Wilmington & Weldon was the most successful. Then in 1848 however, the western leaders have convinced the legislature to establish the North Caroilina Railroad.

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