Alabama Weekly: Week 13 & Week 14 Study Guide

Northerners generally lived in __________, and Southerners generally lived in

__________.

• cabins; apartments

• urban areas; rural areas

• suburbs; coastal towns

• a single-family home; a multi-generational home

Unionists in Winston County passed a resolution in Looney’s Tavern saying ________.

• John Breckinridge should be president

• Alabama should not secede from the Union

• they wanted to be neutral in the Civil War

• they would arrest any Confederate soldiers who came into the county

In Alabama’s Ordinance of Secession, what was it likely calling the other Southern

states together for?

• to force them to secede as well

• to form a trade union

• to plan an attack on Washington, D.C.

• to form the Confederate States of America

What did Abraham Lincoln mean when he promoted a “government of the

people, by the people, for the people” in his Gettysburg Address?

• that all people should have a voice in government

• that everyone should serve in public office

• that voters were responsible for the Civil War

• that students should study politics in school

Meeting the needs of a group with a wide range of people,

economy, technology, and geography is challenging.

• True

• False

What was one reason the Constitution was written?

• to overthrow slavery

• to invite Cuba to join the United States

• to strengthen the central government

• to increase trade with Europe

Why did Abraham Lincoln feel that the federal government had an obligation to

take a stand against the expansion of slavery?

• He thought a large-scale rebellion of enslaved people would hurt the entire

  nation.

• More people wanted to come to America from Europe as indentured

  servants.

• Plantations wouldn’t work in the midwestern states.

• Human rights were more important than states’ rights.

Where did many Southern Unionists secretly gather during the Civil War?

• Mobile Bay

• Winston County

• Piney Woods

• Cahaba

What amount of the world’s cotton was being produced by the southern states in

1860?

• ⅓

• ⅔

• ½

• ¼

Sectionalism is putting the needs or values of a small group over the

larger community.

• True

• False