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QUIZ 1

2. John Nolen

3. General William Lee Davidson

4. W. C. Smith

5. Dr. Bonnie Cone

6. Name for Henry Biddle. He died in the Civil War. His wife gave a lot of money to the school.

7. Named for Watson Matthews, president of the Carolina Central Railroad.

8. Named for Derita Lewis, a good friend of the postmaster.

9. Daniel Augustus Tompkins

10. Dilworth

QUIZ 2

2. The first railroad came to Charlotte in 1852. It's the line Streetcar 85 is now running on.

3. E. K. P. Osborne, a lawyer.

4. Developer Henry Faison.

5. Rural Hill Plantation.

6. Piedmont and Northern Railroad.

7. First Union National Bank.

8. NationsBank.

9. Presbyterian Hospital.

10. Charlotte Mayor Ben Douglas.

QUIZ 2

2. Earle Sumner Draper

3. James A. Blakeney House

4. D. A. Tompkins

5. Daniel Harvey Hill

6. The Charlotte Messenger

7. David Ovens

8. McClintock Rosenwald School, Newell Rosenwald School, Caldwell Rosenwald School

9. John Carlisle Kilgo

10. Aymar Embury