Alabama Social Studies SS24.AS.11

SS24.AS.11 is a cluster heading. These are the individual standards under it.

• SS24.AS.11a

  Describe how secession fostered division and led to conflict in the northern half of the state.

• SS24.AS.11b

  Explain the significance of Montgomery as the first capital of the Confederate States of America, and summarize reasons for moving the capital to Richmond.

• SS24.AS.11c

  Assess the impacts of the Civil War on Alabama’s economy and infrastructure, and identify battles and campaigns that affected these.

• SS24.AS.11d

  Compare and contrast how the Civil War affected the lives of different groups of Alabamians, including enslaved people and women.

01

What Students Need to Do

Students trace Alabama’s secession and Unionist resistance in the north. They explain why Montgomery became the first Confederate capital and why leaders moved it to Richmond. They connect fighting at Mobile Bay and Selma to changes in trade, railroads, and daily life.

02

What Mastery Looks Like

Students can use a map and timeline to explain why these places mattered. They can describe how the war affected enslaved Alabamians, white women, and northern Unionists in different ways. They can link a battle or campaign to damage to Alabama’s economy.

03

Common Misconceptions

Students may think all Alabamians supported secession, including people in the northern counties. They may think Richmond was the Confederate capital from the start. They may also overlook how blocked trade, damaged railroads, and emancipation changed life away from battlefields.

04

How to Assess It

Exit ticket: Why did secession divide northern Alabama, and why did Confederate leaders move the capital from Montgomery to Richmond? Use Wilson’s Raid on Selma to explain one economic effect and one effect on people living there.

1. 01

   Give pairs an Alabama map and event cards; mark Unionist communities in the north, Montgomery, Mobile Bay, and Selma with one note per site.

2. 02

   Compare a Freedmen’s Bureau labor contract with a white Alabama woman’s wartime diary entry, then write two ways their lives changed.

3. 03

   Have teams match cards for Montgomery, Richmond, Mobile Bay, and Selma to a cause and an Alabama consequence.

4. 04

   Use a current Port of Mobile map to trace a cargo ship’s path, then show where a wartime blockade would stop deliveries.

• SS24.4.13d

  Summarize Alabama’s role in the formation of the Confederate States of America, including the pivotal events that took place in Montgomery and the division over...

• SS24.US1.12b

  Summarize the political, social, and economic role that Alabama played in the Civil War.

• SS24.4.14a

  Identify Alabama’s economic and military contributions to the Civil War, including weapons manufacturing, soldiers, and the use of and resistance to conscripted...