Week 13 Alabama Secedes from the Union

According to the timeline, Jan. 11, 1861 is when Alabama passed the Ordinance of Secession. What did this ordinance do?

• Alabama started to fight in the Revolutionary War.

• Alabama became the fourth state to secede from the Union.

• Alabama became the first state to secede from the Union.

• Alabama became part of the Union.

What did Alabama do one week before leaving the Union? (Use the timeline to help.)

• The state militia took control of all federal military installations within the state.

• Alabama freed all enslaved people.

• Alabama attacked northern states.

• Alabama took control of all local military installations within the state.

What amendment ended slavery? (Use the timeline to help.)

• 15th

• 1st

• 13th

• none. It is still legal, but no one practices it.

After the Civil War ended, states had to rewrite their constitutions to be allowed re-entry to the Union. When did the U.S. Congress approve Alabama's readmission to the Union? (Use the timeline to help.)

• July 13, 1865

• Sept. 12, 1865

• June 1868

• July 13, 1868

The first capital of the Confederacy was Montgomery, Alabama. Why? (Use Alabama and the Confederacy to help.)

• It was close to the fighting.

• It was the geographical center of the states that seceded from the Union.

• Jefferson Davis was inaugurated there.

• Alabama was split on the decision to secede, so there wouldn't be an unfair bias.

What plan called for a naval blockade of every major Confederate port? (Use Alabama and the Confederacy to help.)

• The Anaconda Plan

• Great Scott's Snake Trail Plan

• Port Block Plan

• Union Invasion of Mobile

Montgomery was the first capital of the Confederacy. Where was Jefferson Davis inaugurated in Montgomery? (Use Montgomery as the First Capital of the Confederacy to help.)

• The First White House of the Confederacy

• The Alabama Capitol Building

• Cow Hill

• Peanut Grove Hill

Where did the Confederate capital move to after Montgomery and why? (Use Montgomery as the First Capital of the Confederacy.)

• It did not move. Montgomery is still the Confederate capital.

• It moved to Virginia because as more northern states seceded, Virginia became the geographical center.

• It moved to Virginia to be closer to the predicted battles.

• It moved to West Virginia to be closer to the fighting.

Jefferson Davis was most notably known for being the President of the Confederate States of America. What did he do prior (before) to becoming the President of the Confederacy? (Use Jefferson Davis and Alexander Hamilton Stephens to help.)

• Congressman and Senator for Alabama

• Congressman and Senator for Mississippi

• Congressman and Senator for Georgia

• Congressman and Senator for West Virginia

The year before his death, the former president of the Confederate States of America tried to help with the reunification efforts. He asked the young men of Mississippi to "lay aside all rancor, all bitter sectional feeling..." What do you think he meant by this? (Use the notes we wrote for Jefferson Davis and Alexander Hamilton Stephens to help.)

• He was encouraging the people of Mississippi to move on and rejoin the Union when the Civil War ended.

• He was encouraging the people of Mississippi to continue on the same path and not change.

• He wanted to keep his plantation and life to stay the same.

• He was discouraging his people from moving forward.