Select * seems to hang and bring up an odd cursor, which locks me out.

I was trying to create a table, then verify the table existed by showing me a RowCount of 0.
CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS ContactStatus (
id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY AUTOINCREMENT,
status TEXT NOT NULL,
description TEXT NOT NULL
);
INSERT INTO ContactStatus (status, description) VALUES ('Active', ‘The Contact has been Activated.');
INSERT INTO ContactStatus (status, description) VALUES ('Inactive', 'The Contact is no longer Activate.');
INSERT INTO ContactStatus (status, description) VALUES ('Disabled', 'The Contact has been Disabled.');
INSERT INTO ContactStatus (status, description) VALUES ('Pending', 'The Contact has not been Activated.');
Is there anything clearly wrong with this SQLite syntax?
What does that cursor expect from me??
Thanks
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