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Express Lanes and Country Roads interprets the most dynamic century in North Carolina history. It is the fifth volume In the Way We Lived in North Carolina series that uses historic places as windows to the past. After 1920, North Carolina made great strides in industrial development - notably in tobacco, textiles, and furniture - but labor problems remained an issue. A sound government ensured progress in education and highway construction, preservation of natural resources, and development of cultural opportunities. Civil rights and social reforms came too fast for some, too slowly for others. By 1970, confrontation and compromise had resulted in major accomplishments, but North Carolinians found themselves questioning how they should define progress in the years ahead. Sites used to illuminate this period include a basket factory, a motor speedway, office puddings, a country store, a pickle factory, a wildlife refuge, ferries, museums, and the Biltmore Hous