Fort Sumter and the Confederacy

Which was an area of agreement between Abraham Lincoln and Jefferson Davis?

• Both wanted to avoid a war between the North and South.

• Both considered Davis an equal leader to Lincoln.

• Both considered Lincoln the rightful leader of the Union

• Both believed the South had a right to leave the Union

In his inaugural address, Lincoln refused to compromise on which of the following issues?

• slavery in Southern states

• slavery in Western states

• secession of Southern states

• war against the South

On which issue did Lincoln and Davis most strongly disagree?

• whether the South had seceded for a reason

• whether the South had the right to secede

• whether slavery would continue to exist in the South

• whether the North and the South would go to war

When he became president of the Confederacy, Jefferson Davis believed that

• Southern slavery would remain safe under Lincoln

• secession of the Southern states should be encouraged

• the South should declare war against the Union to gain independence

• Lincoln would force states that seceded back into the Union

A difference between the inaugural addresses of Jefferson Davis and Abraham Lincoln was that

• Davis explained that he did not want to start a war

• Davis rejected the secession of Confederate states.

• Davis described the form of government his nation would take

• Davis stated his plan for governing the nation.

Why was Fort Sumter’s location important?

• It was the capital of the Union.

• It blocked shipping lanes to the North.

• It served as a Confederate base before 1860.

• It protected commercial areas of the southern coast.

Lincoln worried about resupplying Fort Sumter because

• he planned to tell Union soldiers to abandon the fort later.

• he did not want Confederate soldiers to take over the fort

• he did not want to appear to give in to the Confederacy.

• he planned to start an armed conflict with Southern soldiers there.

How did Lincoln attempt to peacefully resolve the question of whether to resupply Fort Sumter?

• by sending unarmed supply ships to the fort

• by ordering Union soldiers to abandon the fort

• by refusing to send supply ships to the fort

• by sending Union troops to defend the fort

Which best states why the Confederacy wanted control of Fort Sumter?

• It was located in the North, making it easy to contain Union troops during the Civil War.

• It was located within the Confederacy, and it protected coastal commercial areas.

• It was located on the border of a Union state and a Confederate state, which gave it a high strategic value.

• It was located within the Confederacy, and Union troops used it to store weapons.

Union troops continued to occupy Fort Sumter in 1860 because

• the Confederacy could not seize federal property.

• the United States had not officially recognized the right to secede.

• the North and South had agreed not to seize each other’s forts.

• the fort had strategic value only to the Union.