Chapter 6 Review

People in the North and South disagreed about________.

• where the U.S. capital should be

• slavery and states' rights

• which crops to farm

• what the name of the country should be

Which was TRUE of the South in the late 1800s?

• The South opposed the right of states to act independently

• The South opposed statehood for territories in the West

• The economy depended on the labor of enslaved people

• The economy was based on manufacturing

What did some Southern states want to do to protect their right to have enslaved people?

• secede from the Union

• grow different kinds of crops

• elect a different president

• join the North in abolishing slavery

The North and South disagreed about all of the following EXCEPT

• transportation development

• tariffs

• crop production

• slavery

Which of these is a major reason Alabama delegates voted to secede?

• They were persuaded by William Lowndes Yancey

• They did not want an end to slavery

• They were happy that Abraham Lincoln had been elected president

• Other Southern states had asked Alabama to join the Confederacy

Alabama invited representatives from other Southern states to a meeting in February 1861 to _________.

• decide which states should secede

• vote on moving the capital

• inaugurate Jefferson Davis

• organize the Confederacy

What did William Lowndes Yancey think Alabama should do at the secession convention?

• not leave the Union

• secede if other Southern states also seceded

• leave the Union immediately

• outlaw slavery

Robert Jemison, Jr. thought Alabama should secede only if other Southern states did what?

• also seceded

• voted for Alabama to secede

• did not secede

• made slavery legal

Which of the following did Alabama NOT contribute to the Confederacy?

• soldiers

• airplanes

• ships

• cannons

Josiah Gorgas helped the war effort by _______

• organizing trade with Europe for needed goods

• starting weapons factories in Alabama

• helping to raise money for the war

• recruiting soldiers for the Confederacy