The student will be tested on the following learning outcomes:

• Identify reasons for Alabama's secession from the Union, including sectionalism, slavery, state rights, and economic disagreements.
  •     Identify Alabama's role in the organization of the Confederacy

• Explain Alabama's role in and economic support of the Civil War.  Examples: provision of supplies through the Port of Mobile; armament center at Selma; production of iron products, munitions, textiles, and ships
• Explain resulting economic conditions of the Civil War, including the collapse of economic structure, destruction of the transportation infrastructure, and high casualty rates