Alabama History-Chapter 5 Test

In the early 1800s most issues between the North and the South involved _______ and _______.

• education, jobs
• religion, education
• religion, slavery
• slavery, politics

People who opposed slavery were called _______.

• politicians
• anti-slavery leaders
• abolitionists
• farmers

Southerners opposed the idea of a federal tariff because they thought _______.

• it would raise the cost of goods sent to France
• it would raise the cost of imported goods
• it would make the North wealthy
• it would lower the price they got for their cotton

The Confederacy decided to make Montgomery the capital because _______.

• Montgomery had many good roads and the people supported the Confederacy
• it was a central location with good railroad and river connections
• it was well-protected by cannons along the river
• most people lived within a day's travel of Montgomery

_______ was elected as the first president of the Confederacy.

• Jefferson Davis
• Robert E. Lee
• William Yancy
• Thomas Jefferson

As the confederacy began to form a new government, they had to

• design a currency, build new railroads, and create factories
• manufacture weapons, design a currency, and build roads
• build an army and navy, design a currency, and build factories
• repair old roads, build new railroads, and create a currency

The Civil War began when the South _______.

• attacked Washington, D.C.
• fired on Fort Sumter
• refused to surrender to the North
• blockaded Boston Harbor

Emma Sansom was a young girl who

• worked as a nurse on the battlefield during the war
• worked as a spy for General Robert E. Lee
• sewed the first flag for the Confederacy
• helped General Forrest catch the Federal Raiders

The South had the following advantages over the North during the Civil War:

• more miles of railroads; grew more food; gold reserves
• a larger population; fighting on home ground; grew more food
• fighting on home ground; boys attended military school
• boys attended military school; a larger population; more railroads

The Battle of Mobile Bay was important because _______.

• it gave the Union control of Mobile Bay
• it kept the port of Mobile under control of the Confederacy
• it showed that cannons could be used to defend a port
• it helped the South win the war in Alabama