Week 14 AL Studies (New)

In which two years did the value of cotton exports exceed one million dollars?

• 1919 and 1920

• 1850 and 1870

• 1900 and 1910

• 1911 and 1912

Where did most of the cotton the South produced go to in 1860?

• out of the country

• factores in the North

• factories in the South

• department stores

In 1860, how much of the world's cotton was the South producing?

• two-thirds

• three-fourths

• one-tenth

• one-fourth

True or False: The Constitution explicitly said that secession was illegal.

• True

• False

Which document created a strong central government?

• The United States Constitution

• The Articles of Confederation

• The Ordinance of Secession

• The Declaration of Independence

Who did the ordinance of secession give governmental power to?

• the people of Alabama

• the Confederate States of America

• the people of Alabama

• the Alabama state legislature

Many people in the South ___________.

• experienced limited educational opportunities

• opposed slavery

• worked in factories

• lived in cities

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

• Piney Woods

• Winston County

• Cahaba

• Mobile Bay

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.

• Plantations wouldn't work in the midwestern states.

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

• Human rights were more important than states' rights

What was one reason the Constitution was written?

• to invite Cuba to join the US

• to strengthen the central government

• to overthrow slavery

• to increase trade with Europe