Question

2. What caused North Carolina to agree to take the region back? (20 Points)

Answer 1

The major issue that drove states to secession was slavery, but North Carolina's economy did not depend on slavery as much as the Deep South states did. ... North Carolina still had land requirements in order to serve in the General Assembly , so poor farmers did not have the same say in government as the gentry farmers.

Answer 2

The major issue that drove states to secession was slavery, but North Carolina's economy did not depend on slavery as much as the Deep South states did. ... North Carolina still had land requirements in order to serve in the General Assembly, so poor farmers did not have the same say in government as the gentry farmers.